House of Cards - Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth

Robin Dawes spares no one in this powerful critique of modern psychotherapeutic practice. As Dawes points out, we have all been swayed by the "pop psych" view of the world--believing, for example, that self-esteem is an essential precursor to being a productive human being, that events in one's childhood affect one's fate as an adult, and that "you have to love yourself before you can love another." Dawes Points Out The Fallacy In Many Commonly Held Beliefs In Therapy And Takes Issue With Many Current Treatment Methods. 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 -- New Age Psychology -- Paternalistic Put-downs : Clients As Slaves To Therapists, And The Rest Of Us As Slaves To Our Feelings -- Autonomy And Advice. Robyn M. Dawes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 295-327) And Index. 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