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This Edition: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: The Theory of Method of Autonomous Psychotherapy is an admirable book. One of the most concise, precise and lucid expositions of the nature, possibilities, and limitation of psychoanalytic treatment to be found anywhere.

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In this book, I propose to describe psychotherapy as a social action, not as healing. So conceived, psychoanalytic treatment is characterized by its aim--to increase the patient's knowledge of himself and others and hence his freedom of choice in the conduct of his life; by its method--the analysis of communications, rules, and games; and lastly, by its social context--a contractual, rather than a 'therapeutic, ' relationship between analyst and analysand.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Syracuse University Press; Revised ed. edition (December 1, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815602294
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815602293
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.66 x 8.25 inches

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Arkadiy Dubovoy

Psychiatry: How It Should Be Practiced

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I always found writings and ideas of Dr. Thomas Szasz fascinating, and I have read most of his books. Almost all of them include a disclaimer by the author: differently phrased but always firm statements that the kind of psychiatry Dr. Szasz practices has nothing to do with the conventional coercive psychiatry. I often wondered what kind of psychiatry Dr. Szasz does practice, and if there is a way to practice psychiatry at all if you accept Dr. Szasz basic ideas (these ideas, of course, are not exclusively his, he just has enough courage to be the staunchest defender of the common sense among psychiatrists).

There is nothing in the book about the specifics of Dr. Szasz' psychoanalytic methods. This book is dedicated strictly to the ethical aspects of the relationship between the analyst and the patient. Dr. Szasz describes in great detail his views on the nature of the relationship between the patient and analyst, the fundamental ethical principles underlying this relationship, and the developmental stages of the relationship from the ethical perspective.

After reading "Ethics of Psychoanalysis" I can tell you that, yes, Dr. Szasz does what he preaches, and, yes, it is possible to practice psychiatry in a non-coercive way.

A word of caution: In order to understand this book, it helps to be familiar with the basic psychological ideas advanced by Dr. Szasz throughout his long career. His "The Myth of Mental Illness" is a good place to start.

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Aaron Olson

Humane Pyschotherapy

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Brilliant book on how to practice ethical psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. For Szasz, psychoanalysis is an ethic; not merely a procedure. He shows why psychotherapy is more an education than a medical therapy. For Szasz, therapy is a process of self-emancipation from self-inflicted symptoms. Szasz maintains that we cannot help a client move a client towards self-emancipation from symptoms if the therapy itself is coercive, as most therapy is. He insists that it is the therapist duty to help the client achieve his goals and to enhance his freedom of choice in life. It is not the therapist duty to get involved in his personal life such as keeping unhappy people married, preventing suicide, or prohibiting drug use. Rather, the therapist sole job is to analyze the client, help him move towards personal autonomy and understand why he allows himself to be controlled by outside forces or his own unconscious.

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Mark

Essential reading for those in the practice of psychotherapy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 24, 2013

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A clear, concise guide for the practice of ethical psychotherapy. Szasz's most practical work, and also one of his personal favorites. A must-read for students of the field and those practicing psychotherapy, as well as those interested in the history of psychoanalysis, medicalization, and psychiatric ethics.

Mark L. Ruffalo, MSW
Psychotherapist in Private Practice, New Bern, NC

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Antonio Pacheco

Psychotherapy as teaching autonomy

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An important complement to Szasz critics on psychotherapy presented in The Myth of Mental Health. Szasz explains how he practices "autonomous psychotherapy".

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Genevieve Rose Freer

An eternally relevant work of genius, which should be in all University libraries.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 7, 2006

Thomas Szasz should have been awarded the Nobel Prize for this original brilliance , illuminating the mysterious process of Psychotherapy. As a medical practitioner myself, having attended a lecture by Thomas Szasz as a student, I have often read his articles, marvelling at his command of literature, as well as his insight into the human mind. Until I read this book, which I discovered recently, I have been in the dark. I believe this book should be read by all "mental health " practitioners, students, and "so -called patients ", before involving oneself or anyone one knows in any kind of "therapy."

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A PROMINENT "ANTI-PSYCHIATRIST" OUTLINES HIS CONCEPT OF 'AUTONOMOUS THERAPY"

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2010

Thomas Szasz (born 1920) is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center. He is a well-known critic of psychiatry, of the social role of medicine in modern society, and is a social libertarian.

In the Preface to this 1965 book, Szasz states, "In this book, I propose to describe psychotherapy as social action, not as healing. So conceived, psychoanalytic treatment is characterized by its aim---to increase the patient's knowledge of himself and others and hence his freedom of choice in the conduct of his life; by its method---the analysis of communications, rules, and games; and lastly, by its social context---a contractual, rather than a 'therapeutic,' relationship between analyst and analysand. In sum, I shall attempt to define the nature of psychoanalysis; clarify its limits; and establish its proper relations to other forms of psychotherapy, medicine, ethics, and social science."

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"I have occasionally done this, referring to (Szasz's form of psychotherapy) as 'autonomous psychotherapy.' I chose this expression to indicate the paramount aim of this procedure: preservation and expansion of the client's autonomy."
"My thesis is that the practice of analytic technique issues from the personality of the analyst and can never be distinct from it."
"This does not mean that I advocate a nondirective technique. The autonomous therapist is not a dummy echoing what the patient says;... The analyst ... participates actively and meaningfully in a particular kind of dialogue."
"(The therapist's) task is, first, not to diagnose the patient, but to engage him in a meaningful dialogue and, second, not to try to collect data from the patient, but to relay appropriate information to him."
"Despite the inverse relationship between man's wish to control his fellow man and his wish to understand him, psychotherapists seem to have wanted the best of two incompatible worlds. They have tried to combine understanding the patient with controlling him (allegedly in his own best interests)."

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