House of Cards: Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth

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Free Press, 1994 - Psychology - 338 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction 2. Psychotherapy: The myth of expertise 3. Prediction and diagnosis: More myths of expertise 4. Experience: The myth of expanded expertise 5. Licensing: The myth of protecting the public 6. A plethora of experts and what to do about them 7. Why the myths are believed 8. New age psychology 9. Paternalistic put downs: Clients as slaves to therapists, and the rest of us as slaves to our feelings 10. Autonomy and advice.

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IMPACT ON OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS
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and the Rest of Us as Slaves to Our Feelings
253
Autonomy and Advice
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