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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454913603321

Autore

Eisner Donald A. <1943->

Titolo

The death of psychotherapy [[electronic resource] ] : from Freud to alien abductions / / Donald A. Eisner ; foreword by Tana Dineen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2000

ISBN

0-313-00146-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychotherapy - Evaluation

Psychotherapy - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 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; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A critical examination of the effectiveness of psychotherapy through the lens of the scientific method. Using both case examples and clinical research, the book challenges the conclusion that there is empirical support for the notion that psychotherapy is effective.