Eugene Ellsworth Landy, Ph.D. (November 26, 1934 - March 22, 2006) was a controversial American psychologist and therapist known for his unconventional treatment (and eventual exploitation) of composer/musician Brian Wilson. Landy, long before receiving his doctorate in psychology from the University of Oklahoma, was a "race records" distributor, promoting records of African American artists to disc jockeys around the United States. He was a succ...
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Eugene Ellsworth Landy, Ph.D. (November 26, 1934 - March 22, 2006) was a controversial American psychologist and therapist known for his unconventional treatment (and eventual exploitation) of composer/musician Brian Wilson. Landy, long before receiving his doctorate in psychology from the University of Oklahoma, was a "race records" distributor, promoting records of African American artists to disc jockeys around the United States. He was a successful drug counsellor at Harbor Hospital in Los Angeles, California after becoming a psychologist and a popular part-time instructor in the late 1960s at California State University, Northridge (San Fernando Valley State College). He was well known for using Gestalt Therapy as his treatment technique.
Using unorthodox 24-hour therapy, involving control of "every aspect of their physical, personal, social and sexual environments", he was successful in limiting Wilson's drug abuse and improving Wilson's physical appearance and overall health,...
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