The Restoration of dialogue : readings in the philosophy of clinical psychology /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1992.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 654 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139137
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Varying Form of Title:Restoration of dialog
Other authors / contributors:Miller, Ronald B., 1948-
American Counseling Association.
ISBN:1557981663
9781557981660
1557981574
9781557981578
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection.
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Summary:This book is intended as a remedy, a bibliotherapy of sorts, for a serious malady that afflicts the mental health professions themselves but that remains largely undiagnosed. The disorder requiring urgent treatment is the splitting of clinical theory from its historical and logical foundation in Western philosophy, the resulting inability to speak effectively about theoretical differences, and the fragmentation into rival professions and theoretically isolated "schools" of treatment. What is required as an antidote to this tendency toward a dogmatic, schismatic, and often cultist approach to clinical theory is the recognition of the philosophical nature of these theoretical disputes and the restoration of philosophical methods of analysis and dialogue to a central role in the development of clinical theory. In this manner, the energies that currently are invested in the protection of professional turf and ideological diatribe may be devoted instead to collaborative discourse, research, and action. This is what will be required to make genuine headway in understanding that particular form of human misery and suffering that is variously called behavior disorders, emotional disturbance, problems in living, or mental illness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Other form:Print version: Restoration of dialogue. 1st ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1992 1557981574