When Things Get Worse: The Problem of Negative Effects in Psychotherapy (The Master Work Series)

Hans H. Strupp; Suzanne W. Hadley; Beverly Gomes-Schwartz

ISBN 10: 1568213727 / ISBN 13: 9781568213729

Published by Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1994

About this Item

A real nice clean unmarked 366 page first edition softcover (stated). First printed 1977. Has just a little aging and is very nice. This text confronts the disturbing reality of patients getting worse while in treatment. With an awareness of society's legitimate right to question what psychotherapy does and how it does it, this book discusses the complex problems of when psychotherapy fails at its intent. Size: 8 1/2 h x 5 1/2w.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Things Get Worse: The Problem of Negative Effects in Psychotherapy (The Master Work Series)
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale, NJ
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568213727
• ISBN 13: 9781568213729
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

This text confronts the disturbing reality of patients getting worse while in treatment. With an awareness of society's legitimate right to question what psychotherapy does and how it does it, this book discusses the complex problems of when psychotherapy fails at its intent.

About the Author

Hans H. Strupp was distinguished professor emeritus in the department of psychology at Vanderbilt University and director of The Vanderbilt Center of Psychotherapy Research, which specializes in the study of time-limited dynamic psychotherapy. He is the author of Freud and Modern Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapists in Action among others.