House of Cards - Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth - Hardcover

Robyn Dawes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0029072050 ISBN 13: 9780029072059

Publisher: Free Press, 1994

Synopsis

A critical study of contemporary psychotherapy challenges commonly held assumptions about self-esteem and self-love, among other pop psychology concepts.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Dawes (social and decision sciences, Carnegie Mellon Univ.) presents a strong argument, based on empirical research, that psychotherapy is largely a shill game. He argues that while studies have shown that empathetic therapy is often helpful to people in emotional distress, there is no evidence that licensed psychologists or psychiatrists are any better at performing therapy than minimally trained laypeople. Nor are psychologists or psychiatrists any better at predicting future behavior than the average person--a disturbing conclusion when one contemplates the influence such "experts" have on the U.S. judicial system. While other books have criticized the psychologizing of our society, none has been so sweeping or so convincingly argued. This book raises such important societal issues that all academic and public libraries have a duty to make a permanent place for it on their shelves.
- Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, Wash.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0029072050
• ISBN 13: 9780029072059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352