Psychotherapy: A Critical Examination

Written in an accessible, conversational style, and drawing on a myriad of philosophies and practices, the book can be read and enjoyed by practitioners, academics and educators at every level, including students and those contemplating psychotherapy as a career progression.

It aims to represent pluralism, diversity and internationalism and to encourage continued critical reflection on psychotherapy as a practice, discipline and profession. Its content is:

- philosophical, in that it deals with fundamental issues of being human, and the nature of things such as relationships and how people change.

- historical with regard to some of the traditions, concepts, and discussions in psychotherapy

- political, in that it addresses isues of power and social justice

- reflexive, in that it encourages and critical consciousness and advocates this in terms of practice

- practical, on the basis that, as Marx put it: ‘The philosophers have only interpreted the world... the point is to change it’, and

- developmental, in that it takes the reader on a fascinating journey through becoming, being and belonging as a psychotherapist.