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Author Dawes, Robyn M., 1936-2010.

Title House of cards : psychology and psychotherapy built on myth / Robyn M. Dawes.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1994]
©1994

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 Moore Stacks  RC480.5 .D38 1994    Available  ---
Description xi, 338 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-327) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Psychotherapy : the myth of expertise -- Prediction and diagnosis : more myths of expertise -- Experience : the myth of expanding expertise -- Licensing : the myth of protecting the public -- A plethora of experts and what to do about them -- Why the myths are believed -- New age psychology -- Paternalistic put-downs : clients as slaves to therapists, and the rest of us as slaves to our feelings -- Autonomy and advice.
Subject Psychotherapy -- Philosophy.
Psychotherapy -- Philosophy.
Clinical psychology -- Philosophy.
Clinical psychology -- Philosophy.
Clinical psychology.
Psychotherapists.
Psychotherapists.
Clinical psychologists.
Clinical psychologists.
ISBN 0029072050 : $22.95