Part I. The Claims of the Mental Health Experts Versus the Evidence -- Part II. Impact on Our Cultural Beliefs -- -- The Claims of the Mental Health Experts Versus the Evidence -- Introduction -- Psychotherapy: The Myth of Expertise -- Prediction and Diagnosis: More Myths of Expertise -- Experience: The Myth of Expanding Expertise -- Licensing: The Myth of Protecting the Public -- A Plethora of Experts and What to Do About Them -- Why the Myths Are Believed -- -- Impact on Our Cultural Beliefs -- New Age Psychology -- Paternalistic Put-Downs: Clients as Slaves to Therapists, and the Rest of Us as Slaves to Our Feelings -- Autonomy and Advice. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part II. 8. 9. 10.