Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-327) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Psychotherapy : The Myth of Expertise -- Prediction and Diagnosis : More Myths of Expertise -- Experience : The Myth of Expanding Expertise -- Licensing : The Myth of Protecting the Public -- A Plethora of Experts and What to Do About Them -- Why the Myths Are Believed -- New Age Psychology -- Paternalistic Put-Downs : Clients as Slaves to Therapists, and the Rest of Us as Slaves to Our Feelings -- Autonomy and Advice.
Summary
Dawes points out the fallacy in many commonly held beliefs in therapy and takes issue with many current treatment methods.