What Is Psychotherapy For? An Alternative to the Profession of Psychotherapy [Paperback]

Alvin R. Mahrer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 2010

Today psychotherapy is a big business. Practitioners have contributed to building an infrastructure of security and self reinforcement. Most of the current issues or problems that psychotherapy addresses have been conceived, created, categorized and maintained by psychotherapists. Could it be that these issues exist more in the mind of the profession rather than in the person who is seeking assistance for the problem? In this exciting new book, Dr. Alvin R. Mahrer, addresses issues related to what psychotherapy has been and suggest bringing the profession of psychotherapy to a close. He discusses and outlines how to replace psychotherapy with a innovative new profession based on a revolutionary new answer to the question - What is Psychotherapy For? TABLE OF CONTENTS Preview: Since We Now Know What Psychotherapy Is For, Here Is A Grand Alternative Chapter 1 - Task Force Reports Provide The Professional Guidelines For How To Do Psychotherapy Chapter 2 - What Are Some Serious Problems With The Professional Guidelines For How To Do Psychotherapy? Chapter 3 - Are There Plausible Alternatives To The Practice Guidelines? Chapter 4 - A Touchy Question: What Is Psychotherapy For? Chapter 5 - The Experiential Alternative To What Psychotherapy Is For Chapter 6 - What Are Some Problems With The Idea Of 'Problems'? Chapter 7 - Which Is Better - Starting With 'Scene Of Strong Feeling' Or Starting With The Mental Disorder/ Problem? Conclusions And Invitations References

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book not only changed the way I looked at psychotherapy, but provided a more realistic and exciting way to become the person I can be. - Linda Schwartz, Montreal, Qc What Psychotherapy is For... will change the way you think about psychotherapy and offer some helpful considerations to becoming the person one can become. Karl Beer, Geneva, Switzerland --Personal Correspondence --Linda Schwartz, Montreal, Qc

This book not only changed the way I looked at psychotherapy, but provided a more realistic and exciting way to become the person I can be. --Linda Schwartz, Montreal, Qc

About the Author

Alvin R. Mahrer Ph.D., is the author of 21 books and approximately 250 other publications on psychotherapy. Currently, he is a Professor Emeritus at the School of Psychology, University of Ottawa and recipient of the Researcher of the Year Award from that University. Dr. Mahrer has also been honoured by several Divisions of the American Psychological Association with a Distinguished Psychologist Award, as a Living Legend in Psychotherapy, and a recipient of the Rollo May Award for Pursuit of New Frontiers of Knowledge. In the book Current Psychotherapies, Raymond Corsini refers to Mahrer s experiential psychotherapy as revolutionary as was Freud's 100 years ago and Carl Rogers 50 years ago. What Psychotherapy Is For? is another dialogue in a recent series of thought provoking and revolutionary books exploring the transformation of the human condition - The Optimal Person and its companion volume - The Manual of Optimal Behaviors are earlier books which are part of this tradition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 265 pages
• Publisher: Howard Gontovnick Publications; First edition (January 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968186548
• ISBN-13: 978-0968186541
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,767,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)