Trouble with Psychotherapy (eBook)

Counselling and Common Sense

Campbell Purton (Autor)

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2014
240 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-350-30566-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Current therapeutic practice is grounded in traditional theories of psychotherapy, such as the theories that underlie cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and person-centred practice. But none of these approaches has been proven to be more effective than any other, leaving the therapist with an ethical and professional dilemma: how do you advocate and practise one theory with your clients, when a completely different theoretical approach is being successfully practised down the road?In this book Campbell Purton argues that psychotherapy and counselling theories fail to provide adequate justification for their practice. Part 1 highlights the weaknesses and dangers that underlie traditional counselling theories and their derivatives, including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural, existential and neuroscience approaches. Having unpicked these theories, Part 2 goes on to develop an exciting new way of thinking about therapy that does not rely on theory - one that can be likened to a 'common sense' approach to therapeutic practice.This book poses important questions and offers unique insight for anyone studying or practising in the field of counselling and psychotherapy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.12.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-10: 1-350-30566-9 / 1350305669
• ISBN-13: 978-1-350-30566-3 / 9781350305663