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The Illusion of Psychotherapy (Paperback)
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In The Illusion of Psychotherapy William Epstein asserts that
psychotherapy is probably ineffective and possibly harmful. He
maintains that there is no credible clinical evidence that
psychotherapy is effective in handling personal or social problems,
or that it is more effective than other modes of treatment. The
theories that underpin clinical practice remain speculative and
their influence over social policy are more ideological than
scientific. A skeptical public and its government would be better
served, Epstein says, by credible evidence of outcomes. His
analysis focuses on whether psychotherapy is effective against a
variety of unwanted behaviors, such as drug addiction and
depression. The nation's social problems are due to the
inadequacies of its core social institutions: families,
communities, education, and jobs. Social problems emerge because
many people are brought up in deficient families, live in dangerous
communities, lack education and jobs, and have few or no routes out
of poverty. Poor people are exposed to unrelenting risks to their
physical and mental health. It is possible to remedy most
deficiencies through human services that compensate for these
failed social institutions. This position is inevitably unpopular
in psychotherapeutic circles and in light of current political
preferences since it requires massive new resources and extensive
redistribution of existing resources. The extent of society's
problems reflects the degree to which deficits in basic social
institutions have been tolerated. Basic services have been lacking
while psychotherapy diverts our impulse to address poverty into
ineffective strategies. In a challenging conclusion, Epstein urges
society to solve its problems by confronting the reality implied by
the failure of psy-chotherapy's minhnal interventions: to
acknowledge that more is necessary to resolve social need. This
leads to general theoretical concerns about theory as such. The
Illusion of Psychotherapy will be compelling reading for
psychologists, psychotherapists, social scientists, and
policymakers.
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