Analyzing Psychotherapy: A Social Role Interpretation

by Melvyn L. Fein

Book Overview

This book reinterprets psychotherapy from a social role perspective, permitting a grand synthesis that explains many of the apparent contradictions in contemporary therapy, and challenging the usual definitions of therapy in terms of personality, behavior, and mental illness. Dr. Fein surveys all major therapies, placing them in a role-change context. He documents how each approach specializes in different aspects of role change, and shows that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275939669
• ISBN13: 9780275939663
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.8"