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The Value of Therapy: A Review of Zilbergeld's The Shrinking of America: Myths of Psychological Change
Author(s) -
SCHUELE MARY K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1985.tb00502.x
Subject(s) - mythology , resizing , value (mathematics) , psychology , psychotherapist , psychological therapy , psychoanalysis , social psychology , psychiatry , literature , art , anxiety , european union , machine learning , computer science , economic policy , business
This article reviews a recent book by Bernie Zilbergeld ( The Shrinking of America: Myths of Psychological Change ), which charges that therapy is oversold in this country and that it is largely ineffective. Premises of the book include the belief that a number of myths pervade our understanding of therapy, among them the idea that there is one therapy that is the best, that therapy works equally well for all problems, and that only specially trained experts can help people change. The relative merits of Zilbergeld's major allegations are commented on and implications for graduate training are discussed.