He argue that therapists impose an internal understanding of people's problems, refusing to help a patient reach an external understanding of the world citing the example of psychiatry's failure of acknowledge the existence of sexual abuse of children. Of Rogerian psychotherapy, Masson argues that the theory  inconsistent because the therapeutic relationship prevents real connection and therefor the empathy that it claims is necessary for effective therapy, because the therapist is not in any way invested in the relationship. He points out that his later work with commitment patients diagnosed with schizophrenia the patients were compelled to engage in therapy which was at odds with the principles of client-centered voluntary exploration in therapy.
He argue that therapists impose an internal understanding of people's problems, refusing to help a patient reach an external understanding of the world citing the example of psychiatry's failure to acknowledge the existence of sexual abuse of children. Of Rogerian psychotherapy, Masson argues that the theory 's inconsistent because the therapeutic relationship prevents real connection and therefore the empathy that it claims is necessary for effective therapy, because the therapist is not in any way invested in the relationship. He points out that his later work with commitment patients diagnosed with schizophrenia the patients were compelled to engage in therapy which was at odds with the principles of client-centered voluntary exploration in therapy.
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