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The therapy industry : the irresistible rise of the talking cure, and why it doesn't work /
Across the world anxiety, stress and depression are on the increase, a trend which looks set to continue as austerity measures bite. The official response tells people that unhappiness is just a personal problem, rather than a social one. This book offers a concise, accessible and critical overview...
| Clasificación: | RC480.5 |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The light at the end of the tunnel?
- Part I. Evaluating psychological techniques
- MIsery, mind cures and fashion
- The psychopathology of everyday life
- The 'CEO of self' ...?
- Does therapy work?
- 'I'm not ill, I'm hurt ... '
- The hidden injuries of social inequality
- Part II. Therapy in society
- Sweet medicine
- talking therapy as control
- Theory into practice
- the programme for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
- The therapy market
- from the third wave to 'happiness'
- Towards a psychology that reflects what the therapy industry will not tell us.