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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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 |
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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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