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The Medicalization of Psychotherapy: Practicing under the Influence (Hardcover)

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This book is an ethnographic account of the practice of clinical psychology under the auspices of the reductionism of biomedicine. Sylvia Olney uses Peircean linguistic analyses to naturalize consciousness by validating the dimensions of mind and intention to restore psychotherapy to its place as a significant healing art.


About the Author


Sylvia Olney is an adjunct professor at Bemidji State University as well as a psychotherapist, social science researcher, and community educator.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780739197028
ISBN-10: 0739197029
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: April 8th, 2015
Pages: 236
Language: English