The Human Elements of Psychotherapy Joyce Butler Van den Brink's approach offers

Van den Brink's approach offers a refreshingly new and dynamic way forward in contrast to the 'rationalist' methodologies of much of mainstream consultancy and personal development

commensurability (how can we compare cancers and whales

Topics include the physician-patient relationship

at what is depicted and what is hidden in shadow

the authors cast a critical eye on the reality of commonly used scientific and pseudoscientific practices in social work today

The Human Elements of Psychotherapy Joyce Butler Van den Brink's approach offersThe dominant paradigm in psychotherapy is the medical model, which views therapy as a clinical treatment rather than a healing interpersonal connection. Words like patient, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and modalities reflect this medically oriented view of therapy. In this book, David Elkins cogently argues that while the medical model remains widely accepted, science shows it to be inappropriate. A wealth of evidence suggests that healing occurs