Pseudoscience in Therapy: A Skeptical Field Guide - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1009005103 ISBN 13: 9781009005104

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

This field guide covers mental health myths, diagnostic controversies, questionable assessment practices, and dubious treatments.

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About the Authors

Stephen Hupp, Ph.D., is a Licenced Clinical Psychologist and Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA, where he has won the Great Teacher Award and the Champion for Diversity Award. His edited books include Investigating Pop Psychology (2023), Pseudoscience in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (2019), and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Components of Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth and Their Parents (2018). His co-authored books include Great Myths of Child Development (2015), Great Myths of Adolescence (2019), and Thinking Critically about Child Development (2020). He has also written a skeptical game book for children called Dr. Huckleberry's True or Malarkey? Superhuman Abilities (2021).

Cara L. Santa Maria, MS, MA, is a public communicator of science and Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University, USA. She has won several awards for science and public interest journalism, including three Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, the Knight Foundation Innovation Give Forward Award, a Golden Mic Award, and an LA Press Club Award. She is co-author of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (2018), and she hosts numerous podcasts including The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Fixed that for You, and Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria, which was once featured as a category on Jeopardy!. She was a correspondent for National Geographic's Brain Games and Explorer, as well as Netflix's Bill Nye Saves the World.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009005103
• ISBN 13: 9781009005104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Hupp Stephen, Santa Maria Cara L.