| Description |
255 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
ABC-Clio ebook
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| Contents |
Foreword / Tana Dineen -- 1. Science and Fiction in Psychotherapy -- 2. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy -- 3. Cathartic Therapies: From Primal to est -- 4. Recovered Memory Therapy -- 5. Humanistic Psychotherapy -- 6. Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy -- 7. Strategic Family Systems Therapy and Neurolinguistic Programming -- 8. Spiritual Therapy -- 9. From Buddha Psychotherapy to Alien Abductions -- 10. The Death of Psychotherapy: Conclusions |
| Summary |
Annotation. Psychologist-attorney Eisner puts psychotherapy on trial by critically examining its effectiveness through the lens of the scientific method. From psychoanalysis to cognitive-behavior therapy as well as the 500 or so other psychotherapies, there is not a single experimental study that supports the effectiveness of psychotherapy over a placebo or religious healing. Using both case examples and clinical research, this book challenges the conclusion that there is empirical support for the notion that psychotherapy is effective |
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Annotation. Puts psychotherapy on trial by critically examining its effectiveness through the lens of the scientific method |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychotherapy -- Evaluation.
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Psychotherapy -- Philosophy.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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| LC no. |
99022138 |
| ISBN |
0275964132 (alk. paper) |
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