TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spinelli,Ernesto
TI  - Demystifying therapy
SN  - 1898059896
AV  - RC455.2.E8 S65 2006
U1  - 616.8914 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Ross-on-Wye
PB  - PCCS
KW  - Psychotherapy
KW  - Physician-Patient Relations
KW  - Psychoanalytic Theory
KW  - Physician and patient
KW  - Psychoanalysis
N1  - PART ONE Demystifying some fundamental ideas about therapy -- PART TWO Demystifying the issue of power in the therapeutic relationship -- PART THREE Demystifying therapeutic theory: 1. The Psycho-analytic model -- PART FOUR Demystifying therapeutic theory: 2. Cognitive-behavioural and humanistic models -- PART FIVE Demystifying the therapeutic relationship -- Conclusions
N2  - During the last decade, as public awareness of the role of therapy has increased, so too has the criticism of specific approaches to therapeutic practice. In this book, Dr. Spinelli examines the assumptions of his profession. He argues that in seeking to cure, heal, educate, free and change the client, in seeking to promote 'mental health', psychotherapists and counsellors not only end up abusing their clients and themselves but they also succeed in setting themselves impossible tasks and goals which actually impede the therapeutic process. Through his critiques, Spinelli demystifies therapists' language and theories. He argues that the key areas of the client-therapist relationship have been neglected and, using case material from his own practice, explores in full the way in which therapists should engage with and listen to their clients in order to be of help; Over the years, Spinelli has become increasingly aware of the philosophical naïveté of many therapists--their unnecessary and artificial reliance on 'techniques' and their abuse of the power bestowed on them in the therapeutic relationship
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