The Psychotherapy Maze: A Consumer's Guide to Getting in and Out of Therapy

Covers typical situations that occur in psychotherapy, distinguishes between major therapeutic approaches, and gives tips on avoiding needless therapy, excessive costs, and incompetent therapists

Calling itself a "consumer's guide to getting in and out of therapy," this simple and at times simplistic book by two psychologists does provide a relatively fresh, lucid overview of what can be expected in therapy. It will also interest therapists, particularly neophytes, both by presenting a fair overview of typical consumer complaints about therapy and explaining misunderstood aspects of therapists' behavior. Unfortunately, the book tacitly assumes that patients can make purely rational choices about therapy, much as they would regarding other commodities, and thus fails to transcend a pop psychology viewpoint. The revised edition includes new material on feminist and children's therapy. Paul Hymowitz, Ph.D., Psychiatry Dept., Cornell Univ. Medical Ctr., New York
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