The invention provides a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus. Control of a laundry treating apparatus, in which at least one of a dryness level and a percentage of water content of laundry received in a drum of the laundry treating apparatus is determined. A determination is made as to whether the laundry in the drum includes water-filled laundry based on at least one of the dryness level and the percentage of water content of the laundry in the drum. Dehydration drying of the laundry in the drum is controlled based on the determination of whether the laundry in the drum includes water-filled laundry.