Against Therapy

ISBN: 1567510221

Author: Masson, J. Moussaieff

Condition: Used

A revised edition of a controversial attack on modern psychological therapy, from Freud to Carl Rogers. The author begins with the premise that the aim of therapy is to change people. He then argues that if the direction of change, indeed the definition of success in therapy, is determined chiefly by the therapist, then therapy is an inherently corrupt interaction. Why? Because the autocratic structure of therapy serves the interests of the therapist, not the patient. Masson's solution is a non-authoritarian self-help group in which no money changes hands. Published by Common Courage Press, Box 702, Corner Jackson Road & Route 139, Monroe, NE 04951. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.