Falling for Therapy

Psychotherapy from a Client's Point of View

Anna Sands

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2000
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350402645
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Clinical Psychology
• Index: Psychology

If the aim of psychotherapy is to alleviate suffering, then the measure of its validity must be the extent to which it does or does not achieve that goal. But who decides whether suffering has been alleviated, or whether the well-being of the client has been promoted? On what basis are such judgements made? The majority of literature on the effectiveness of therapy is written by therapists. This book, written by a client, challenges the power of theory and ask questions which deserve to be aired, and in so doing presents a powerful and articulate appeal for greater sensitivity, a critical view and better practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. What’s the problem?
• 2. Beginnings and endings
• 3. Theory – and practice
• 4. Who calls the tune?
• 5. The power of language
• 6. Blind alleys
• 7. Transference – cure or catch-22?
• 8. In the dark room
• 9. Burning bridges
• 10. Survival of the fittest?
• 11. The compulsion to repeat – who needs what?
• 12. The problem of attachment
• 13. When ‘therapy’ traumatises
• 14. The straitjacket of analysis
• 15. Responsibility
• 16. Accountability
• 17. The healing art?
• 18. Will you, won’t you. . .won’t you join the dance?
• Appendix
• References
• eCopyright