Dawes, Robyn M., 1936-2010,

House of cards : psychology and psychotherapy built on myth / Robyn M. Dawes. - First paperback edition. - xi, 338 pages ; 24 cm

Originally published: New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Psychotherapy--Philosophy
Clinical psychology--Philosophy
Psychotherapists.
Clinical psychologists.

RC480.5 / .D38 1996

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