Research Catalog

Title

The cure of souls : science, values, and psychotherapy / Robert L. Woolfolk.

Author

Woolfolk, Robert L.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1998], ©1998.

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Description

xix, 170 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• The Cure of Souls is a provocative investigation into the role and impact of the "institution" of psychotherapy in the modern world. Robert L. Woolfolk explores the influence of the basic tenets of psychotherapy on western cultures and, in turn, the influence of modern western cultures on the assumptions inherent to psychotherapy.
• This work stands at the intersection of several disciplines - psychological theory, clinical and counseling psychology, humanistic psychology, the history of psychotherapy, and analytic and "continental" philosophy. It draws on Woolfolk's philosophical investigations and clinical experience to examine psychotherapy from philosophical, sociological, and historical perspectives.
• Through this wide-angle lens, Woolfolk considers the relative place of science and values in the goals and processes of psychotherapy.

Subjects

• Psychotherapy > Social aspects
• Psychotherapy > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-160) and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Psychotherapy as a Social Institution of the Modern Era -- 3. Psychotherapy and the Integration of Science and Values -- 4. Psychotherapy as Humanism -- 5. Psychotherapy and the Structure of Self-Understanding -- 6. Psychotherapy and Practical Knowledge -- 7. Psychotherapy and Contemporary Controversies.

ISBN

0787940348 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97035057

OCLC

ocm37721267

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries