The Death of Psychotherapy

The Death of Psychotherapy
Author: Donald A. Eisner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2000-01-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0313001464


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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.


Love and Death in Psychotherapy
Language: en
Pages: 341
Authors: Robert Langs
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-23 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Feelings of love between patients and their therapists have been an endless source of confusion for those involved. An essential reading for all counselling and
The Death of Psychotherapy
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Donald A. Eisner
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Psychologist-attorney Eisner puts psychotherapy on trial by critically examining its effectiveness through the lens of the scientific method. From psychoanalysi
When Death Enters the Therapeutic Space
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Laura Barnett
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-27 - Publisher: Routledge

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Although it is a natural part of life, death is a subject that is often neglected in psychotherapeutic literature and training. In this book Laura Barnett and h
The Therapist in Mourning
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors: Anne Adelman
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-04 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of
Tales from the Valley of Death
Language: en
Pages: 269
Authors: Ross G. Menzies
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-30 - Publisher: Australian Academic Press

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The dread of death is a problem nearly as old as time itself. Our awareness of our own mortality has been famously referred to by William James as ‘the worm a