Richard House
Richard House Ph.D. is Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, Counselling and Counselling Psychology at Roehampton University's Research Centre for Therapeutic Education (RCTE), and a trained Steiner Kindergarten and Class Teacher.
Therapy Beyond Modernity: Deconstructing and Transcending Profession-Centred Therapy
This radical and provocative book challenges the very foundations of therapy itself. In examining the hidden assumptions of therapy, the author poses the question 'Is therapy more concerned with... (more)
Childhood, Well-Being and a Therapeutic Ethos
A key theme of this book is that we urgently need a therapeutic ethos in order to bring both educational and therapeutic sensibilities to bear on the issue of children's wellbeing, if truly effective... (more)
In, Against and Beyond Therapy: Critical Essays Towards a Post-Professional Era
Explores some of the political, psychological and spiritual territory of working with the human condition. Collects together a series of devastating critiques examining the arguments around... (more)
Implausible Professions: Arguments for Pluralism and Autonomy in Psychotherapy and Counselling: Extended Second Edition
The first edition of Implausible Professions, published in 1997, foretold many of the core issues around therapy 'professionalisation' that have come to dominate the field in recent years as the... (more)
Humanistic Psychology: Current Trends and Future Prospects
This book provides a thought-provoking examination of the present state and the future of humanistic psychology, showcasing a rich international contributor line-up. The book addresses head-on the... (more)