{"product_id":"psychotherapy-and-persuasion-paperback-2","title":"Psychotherapy and Persuasion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEaton John\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs psychotherapy a science?\u003cbr\u003e Or is it an ideology?\u003cbr\u003e Does it work through indoctrination?\u003cbr\u003e Or is it a conversation?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John Eaton discusses these questions using materials from Freud, Reich, Lazarus, Wolpe and Eysenck as well as critiques of psychotherapy from Szasz, Gellner, Labov \u0026amp; Fanshel, Wittgenstein, Foucault and Gadamer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He analyses transcripts from therapeutic interviews by Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis and Fritz Perls (the 'Gloria' tapes) and others, and shows how psychotherapy is a special type of conversation marked by arguments, metaphors, stories, scripts, formulations and other persuasive devices. Much depends on whether clients can find a use for them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Finally he discusses how hermeneutics helps us to understand the pitfalls of interpretations and the way in which their use can make for success or failure in therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47348590608633,"sku":"9781999773120","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ftkmKgrddd9781999773120_91b174ab-2a7e-4e1a-8b70-14ede95ffac7.webp?v=1769774861","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/psychotherapy-and-persuasion-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}