If merely more words, what is the point? : a critical response

FELTHAM, Colin (2014). If merely more words, what is the point? : a critical response. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 16 (4), 1-12.

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Abstract

A critical response is given to the five articles constituting the special issue theme ‘Critical psychotherapy and counselling: if not now, when?’ The related arguments concerning political justice, professional struggles, new public management, therapeutic language use and ecotherapy are considered concisely and challenges made. Into this discussion is injected a degree of ‘brutalist objection’, along with a recommendation for radical honesty, a confession of depressive realism and hints of nihilism. Psychotherapy, whether traditional or critical, is taken to task for its romantic enmeshment in a hubristic fantasy of infinite relevance and improvement.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Sheffield Institute of Education
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/13642537.2014.957228
Page Range:	1-12
Depositing User:	Hilary Ridgway
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2014 09:16
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 23:00
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8638

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