David Smail's books work to a central theme - that psychological distress arises not from 'illness' or personal failure but as a response to damaging influences from the outside world. He believes that such distress can be alleviated by care and understanding from our fellows. He also examines how the dominant values of society and politics can have devastating effects on the individual, and consequently that counsellors and therapists can have limited success in treating such problems - that in fact it is the circumstances and not the individual, that need to be altered.
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"'Now that therapy has become such big business there are many therapists who seek to become rich and famous by bamboozling their clients. David Smail is our greatest bulwark against such chicanery. He describes life as it is and offers us, not a quick fix for our problems, but an understanding of our predicament which allows us to live with courage and hope.' - Dr Dorothy Rowe"
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Sandra Hill lived and studied in the Far East for seven years before training in Chinese medicine in the UK. She is a practicing acupuncturist and the co-author of A Guide to Acupuncture.
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