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Where Freud Took a Wrong Turn: A Rationale and Advocacy for Short‐term Counseling
Author(s) -
TRIMMER HARVEY W.,
TRIMMER JUDITH A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1982.tb00739.x
Subject(s) - fallacy , term (time) , psychology , psychotherapist , counseling psychology , solution focused brief therapy , social psychology , epistemology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This article points to a fallacy in Freud's theory and treatment methods that have had disastrous effects for all helping professionals. It explores an alternative method that uses time limitation and confrontation as the basic counseling tools and techniques.