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It is surely worth reading, not only by the authors fellow psychiatrists, but alsby psychologists in general - Contemporary Psychology I found this book a joy tread Each chapter sets out the orthodoxy in question, then proceeds texplain lucidly the authors difficulties with this orthodoxy and tsuggest an alternative way of looking at the issues - Self and Society Psychotherapys influence seems all pervasive today But twhat end? Is helping people really therapys main mission? This provocative book explores the alternatives tpsychotherapeutic orthodoxies on such vital issues as sexuality; the self; the unconscious; creativity; and the dilemma of evil ErenstSpinelli challenges psychotherapy, asking if it has retreated from its early promise of being a pivotal agent in our attempts tdiscover what it means tbe human, in exchange for its current role as a pacifier of personal and social unease
