Psychologist-attorney Eisner puts psychotherapy on trial by critically examining its effectiveness through the lens of the scientific method. From psychoanalysis to cognitive-behavior therapy as well as the 500 or so other psychotherapies, there is not a single experimental study that supports the effectiveness of psychotherapy over a placebo or religious healing. Using both case examples and clinical research, this book challenges the conclusion that there is empirical support for the notion that psychotherapy is effective.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Science and Fiction in Psychotherapy
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Cathartic Therapies: From Primal to est
Recovered Memory Therapy
Humanistic Psychotherapy
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
Strategic Family Systems Therapy to Neurolinguistic Programming
Spiritual Therapy
From Buddha Psychotherapy to Alien Abductions
The Death of Psychotherapy
Conclusions