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Questioning psychology : beyond theory and control / Brian E. Levitt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wyastone Leys, Monmouth : PCCS Books Ltd, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: viii, 161 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1910919489
  • 9781910919484
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 150.1 23
LOC classification:
  • BF38.5 .L457 2019
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. Science is dead : -- 1. Life-giver -- 2. Misalignment -- 3. Paradigms lost -- Part 2. Beyond theory and control : -- 4. The cult of personality theory -- 5. Diagnosis disorder -- 6. Personality by numbers -- 7. The delusion of a shared language -- Part 3. The impersonal is political : -- 8. Welcome to the machine -- 9. It's about the power -- 10. Fear itself -- Conclusion: egoless practice.
Summary: "What gets in the way of our understanding other people? So asks psychologist Brian Levitt in this challenging and deeply reflective book. Levitt writes with honesty and humility about the profession in which he has worked for 25 years and the people he has worked with. He questions the assumptions that prevent us from seeing people more fully for who they are; the belief systems that underpin all that we do; the devices and methods psychologists routinely use; the influence of the systems within which they work, and the impacts of power and fear."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part 1. Science is dead : -- 1. Life-giver -- 2. Misalignment -- 3. Paradigms lost -- Part 2. Beyond theory and control : -- 4. The cult of personality theory -- 5. Diagnosis disorder -- 6. Personality by numbers -- 7. The delusion of a shared language -- Part 3. The impersonal is political : -- 8. Welcome to the machine -- 9. It's about the power -- 10. Fear itself -- Conclusion: egoless practice.

"What gets in the way of our understanding other people? So asks psychologist Brian Levitt in this challenging and deeply reflective book. Levitt writes with honesty and humility about the profession in which he has worked for 25 years and the people he has worked with. He questions the assumptions that prevent us from seeing people more fully for who they are; the belief systems that underpin all that we do; the devices and methods psychologists routinely use; the influence of the systems within which they work, and the impacts of power and fear."--Publisher's website.

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