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by: William J. Doherty
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 174.2
EAN: 9780465009459
ISBN: 046500945X
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: March 21, 1996
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 521582
Studio: Basic Books
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Product Description:
Paul, a divorced father, wants to back out of his child care arrangement and spend less time with his children.Nathan has been lying to his wife about a serious medical condition.Marsha, recently separated from her husband, cannot resist telling her children negative things about their father.What is the role of therapy in these situations? Trained to strive for neutrality and to focus strictly on the clients’ needs, most therapists generally consider moral issues such as fairness, truthfulness, and obligation beyond their domain. Now, an award-winning psychologist and family therapist criticizes psychotherapy’s overemphasis on individual self-interest and calls for a sense of moral responsibility in therapy.
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Rating:  - Good points, but he could make them more concisely
Perhaps it was because Doherty was mainly preaching to the choir, but I didn't find this book to offer any startling revelations. I had to read it for a seminar, and found myself skimming the later sections of the book. It was well written and easy to read. He just could have said what he had to say in fewer pages.
Rating:  - Author offers a much needed correction for psychotherapy.
William Doherty hits the nail on the head in offering an alternative to the professional's approach concerning today's human problems. In the name of responsible psychotherapy, so many professionals have done a grave disservice to families and communities by eliminating responsibility to others in their guidance.
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