Soul Searching - Softcover

Doherty, William J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046500945X ISBN 13: 9780465009459

Publisher: Basic Books, 1996

Synopsis

Paul, a divorced father, wants to back out of his child care arrangement and spend less time with his children.Nathan has been lying to his wife about a serious medical condition.Marsha, recently separated from her husband, cannot resist telling her children negative things about their father.What is the role of therapy in these situations? Trained to strive for neutrality and to focus strictly on the clients' needs, most therapists generally consider moral issues such as fairness, truthfulness, and obligation beyond their domain. Now, an award-winning psychologist and family therapist criticizes psychotherapy's overemphasis on individual self-interest and calls for a sense of moral responsibility in therapy.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An award-winning psychologist and family therapist calls for practitioners and patients to abandon psychotherapy's traditional neutrality and accept moral responsibility for decisions made on the couch.

From the Back Cover:

What is the role of therapy in these situations? Trained to strive for neutrality and to focus strictly on the clients' needs, most therapist generally consider moral issues such as fairness, truthfulness, and obligation beyond their domain. Now, an ward-winning psychologist and family therapist criticizes psychotherapy's overemphasis on individual self-interest and calls for a sense of moral responsibility in therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 046500945X
• ISBN 13: 9780465009459
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223