Insane Therapy : Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult.

Sensational media coverage of groups like Heaven's Gate, the People's Temple, and Synanon is tinged with the suggestion that only crazy, lonely, or gullible people join cults. Cults attract people on the fringe of society, people already on the edge. Contrary to this public perception, Mar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ayella, Marybeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Center for Feeling Therapy.
Feeling therapy.
Psychotherapy patients > Abuse of > Case studies.
Therapeutic communities > Case studies.
Medicine.
Medicine
Thérapie du sentiment.
Patients en psychothérapie > Violence envers > Études de cas.
Communauté thérapeutique > Études de cas.
Médecine.
medicines (material)
medicine (discipline)
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Feeling therapy
Psychotherapy patients > Abuse of
Therapeutic communities
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Sensational media coverage of groups like Heaven's Gate, the People's Temple, and Synanon is tinged with the suggestion that only crazy, lonely, or gullible people join cults. Cults attract people on the fringe of society, people already on the edge. Contrary to this public perception, Marybeth Ayella reveals how anyone seeking personal change in an intense community setting is susceptible to the lure of group influence. The book begins with the candid story of how one keen skeptic was recruited by Moonies in the 1970s--the author herself. Ayella's personal experience fueled her interest in.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (226 pages)
ISBN:9781439903964
1439903964

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