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A revised edition of a controversial attack on modern psychological therapy, from Freud to Carl Rogers. The author begins with the premise that the aim of therapy is to change people. He then argues that if the direction of change, indeed the definition of success in therapy, is determined chiefly by the therapist, then therapy is an inherently corrupt interaction. Why? Because the autocratic structure of therapy serves the interests of the therapist, not the patient. Masson's solution is a non-authoritarian self-help group in which no money changes hands. Published by Common Courage Press, Box 702, Corner Jackson Road & Route 139, Monroe, NE 04951. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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In this ground-breaking and highly controversial book, Jeffrey Masson attacks the very foundations of modern psychotherapy from Freud to Jung, Fritz Perls to Carl Rogers. With passion and clarity, 'Against Therapy' addresses the profession's core weaknesses, contending that, since therapy's aim is to change people, and this is achieved according to therapists' own notions and prejudices, the psychological process is necessarily corrupt. With a foreword by the eminent British psychologist Dorothy Rowe, this cogent and convincing book has shattering implications for the world of psychotherapy today.
"A dynamic attack on one of the century's great creeds"
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
"A brilliant and courageous expose of the damage that unavoidably occurs in the name of 'psychotherapy'...essential reading"
MIKE LAWSON, Vice-Chairman, 'Mind'
"Clear and demystifying...we have much to thank Masson for"
NIGELLA LAWSON, 'Guardian'
"'Against Therapy' is a humane, insightful, and amazingly gentle argument. Masson's commitment to human dignity suffuses every part of his thesis"
ANDREA DWORKIN
"A guru against gurus"
D M THOMAS, 'Observer'
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A revised edition of a controversial attack on modern psychological therapy, from Freud to Carl Rogers. The author begins with the premise that the aim of therapy is to change people. He then argues that if the direction of change, indeed the definition of success in therapy, is determined chiefly by the therapist, then therapy is an inherently cor
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- PublisherCommon Courage Press,U.S.
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1567510221
- ISBN 13 9781567510225
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages340
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