Talking Cures and Placebo Effects by David A. Jopling (English) Paperback Book

Description: Talking Cures and Placebo Effects by David A. Jopling Psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had to defend themselves from a barrage of criticisms throughout their history. In this book David Jopling argues that the changes achieved through therapy are really just functions of placebos that rally the minds native healing powers. It is a bold new work that delivers yet another blow to Freud and his followers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Psychoanalysis has had to defend itself from a barrage of criticism throughout its history. Nevertheless, there are many who claim to have been helped by this therapy, and who claim to have achieved genuine insight into their condition. But do the psychodynamic or exploratory psychotherapies - the so-called talking cures - really help clients get in touch with their "inner", "real" or "true" selves? Do clients make important discoveries about the real causes oftheir behaviours, emotions, and personalities? Are their insights, and the psychodynamic interpretations offered them by their psychotherapists, true? Many think so. Talking Curesand Placebo Effects contests this view. It defends the unpopular hypothesis that therapeutic changes in the psychodynamic psychotherapies are sometimes functions of powerful placebos that rally the minds native healing powers in much the same way that placebo pills rally the bodys native healing powers; and that psychodynamic insights and interpretations are themselves placebos. Few clients know this, and fewer still are informed of the potential placebo effects at play inexploratory psychotherapy, and of the consequent risks of self-misinterpretation and self-deception. Thus does Talking Cures and Placebo Effects target a host of problems that lie at the very intersection of theepistemology, ethics, scientific status, and public accountability of the talking cures. Author Biography David A. Jopling is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His research interests include the philosophy of psychology and psychiatry, early modern philosophy, and cognitive science. He has published books and articles on the concept of self, self-knowledge, phenomenology, and cognitive science. Table of Contents 1: Placebos and psychotherapy2: Kinds of insight3: The standard view4: Placebos and placebo effects5: Insight placebos6: Placebos, deception and self-deception7: Conclusion Promotional An important look at how placebos affect the minds healing powers. Long Description Psychoanalysis has had to defend itself from a barrage of criticism throughout its history. Nevertheless, there are many who claim to have been helped by this therapy, and who claim to have achieved genuine insight into their condition. But do the psychodynamic or exploratory psychotherapies - the so-called talking cures - really help clients get in touch with their "inner", "real" or "true" selves? Do clients make important discoveries about the real causes oftheir behaviours, emotions, and personalities? Are their insights, and the psychodynamic interpretations offered them by their psychotherapists, true? Many think so. Talking Cures and Placebo Effects contests this view. It defends the unpopular hypothesis that therapeutic changesin the psychodynamic psychotherapies are sometimes functions of powerful placebos that rally the minds native healing powers in much the same way that placebo pills rally the bodys native healing powers; and that psychodynamic insights and interpretations are themselves placebos. Few clients know this, and fewer still are informed of the potential placebo effects at play in exploratory psychotherapy, and of the consequent risks of self-misinterpretation and self-deception. Thus doesTalking Cures and Placebo Effects target a host of problems that lie at the very intersection of the epistemology, ethics, scientific status, and public accountability of the talking cures. Feature Offers a controversial new perspective on the exploratory or psychodynamic psychotherapies, and suggests that some positive therapeutic effects might be due to the action of placebos, including insight and interpretation placebosTargets a host of problems that lie at the intersection of the epistemology, ethics, scientific status, and public accountability of the talking cures Details ISBN0199239509 Author David A. Jopling Short Title TALKING CURES & PLACEBO EFFECT Language English ISBN-10 0199239509 ISBN-13 9780199239504 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Residence Toronto, Ontario, -CN Affiliation Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategy at the London Business School DOI 10.1604/9780199239504 UK Release Date 2008-05-29 AU Release Date 2008-05-29 NZ Release Date 2008-05-29 Edited by Costas Markides Birth 1939 Position Professor of Pediatric Radiology Qualifications MD Pages 334 Publisher Oxford University Press Series International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry Publication Date 2008-05-29 DEWEY 616.8914 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129891954;

Price: 165.24 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2024-11-26T06:05:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 11.17 AUD