num_pages: 288
description: Psychotherapy is immensely popular in the US even though consistently ineffective because it reaffirms basic American values of self-sufficiency and individualism, argues Epstein (social work, U. of Nevada-Las Vegas). He reinterprets the research as fables--little morality tales of social instruction--and discusses the failure rate, the unreliable measurement instruments, the social role of psychotherapists, and other factors. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Psychotherapy As Religion: The Civil Divine In America
publisher: University of Nevada Press