Pseudoscience in Therapy
A Skeptical Field Guide
Author(s): Edited byStephen Hupp, Cara L. Santa Maria
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When experiencing mental health challenges, we all deserve treatments that actually work. Whether you are a healthcare consumer, student, or mental health professional, this book will help you recognize implausible, ineffective, and even harmful therapy practices while also considering recent controversies. Research-supported interventions are identified in this book and expanded upon in a companion volume. Chapters cover every major mental disorder and are written by experts in their respective fields. Pseudoscience in Therapy is of interest to students taking courses in psychotherapy, counseling, clinical psychology, and behavior therapy, as well as practitioners looking for a guide to proven therapeutic techniques.
- A comprehensive resource on ineffective therapeutic approaches for adult mental health issues
- Summarizes historical research and includes recent findings
- Includes summaries of research-supported approaches and provides guidance on which approaches actually work
- Can be used in tandem with the companion book, Science-Based Therapy