Psychotherapy

The Purchase of Friendship

William Schofield

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781351307628
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

William Schofield presents a classic analysis of mental illness, of professional psychotherapists and their training, and of the elements of psychotherapy. He asserts the need for more rigorous selection of candidates for therapy and for a properly focused training of a new professional specialist: the psychotherapist. In his new introduction to this important critique, Schofield shows why his pleas for a rational training program are still appropriate.

Psychotherapy is a pioneering critique of modern psychiatric practices. Far too many people see psychotherapy as a cure for every ill from tormenting self-doubt to lack of zest of life. Through failure to attend to careful assessment of the presenting problem, and the nature (and neglect) of the applicant's social resources, the psychotherapist can fall unwittingly into the role of moral counselor or morale coach, and can be seduced into the chronic role of "best friend." Schofield argues that today's overburdened experts psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and psychiatric social workers are not specifically trained to administer therapy through conversation. This book, first published in 1964, is an urgent call for a new specialist, a psychotherapist trained as a specialist in therapeutic conversation.

This book is also a call for a more realistic public attitude toward mental disorder one which distinguishes emotional illness from unhappiness and discontent. Everyone interested in the growth, clarification, and evaluation of psychotherapy and counseling will be challenged by Schofield's arguments.

Index

ABEPP see (see American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology)

Acceptance:

emotional need for, 32

of others as therapeutic goal, 100

of patient by therapist, 109

of self as theapeutic goal, 100

sources of, 32

Acknew, B., 85

Adjustment, criteria of, 14

Adlerian therapists vs. others, interview behavior of, 137

Administrative authority of psychiatrists, 118-119

Admissions see (see Hospital admissions)

Advice-giving, efficacy of, 156

Affective disorders see (see Depression)

Albee, George W., 38, 180

Alienation vs. neurosis, 67

Allinsmith, W., 177

American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology, 140

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 24, 140

annual increments in number of diplomats, 25

requirements for certification, 24, 38

American Psychiatric Association, 125

diagnostic manual, 37, 60

fellows and members, 38

membership requirements, 24

members of, 20, 25

recommendations of, 23

standards for hospitals and clinics, 37

American Psychoanalytic Association, 25

American Psychological Association, 125, 179, 180

Animism, 46

Anna O., Breuer’s case of, 93

Anthropomorphism, 45

Antisocial reactions as diagnosis, social class and, 59, 60

Anxiety, 67, 164

in adolescence, 65

avoidance as primary goal, 44

biological capacity for, 43

defenses against, 9

effect of lobotomy on, 72

and loss of love, 9

modern man and, 43

normal vs. pathological, 152-154

overlearning signals of, 42

over sensitization to, 152

reduction by therapy, 111

relative prevalence of, 65

as sign of psychopathology, 65

social class and, 61

sources of, 9, 65

as symptom, 9, 55, 65, 152

in relation to income, 58

in theory of neurosis, 65

tranquilizers, effect on, 82

uncertainty and, 152

Ash, Philip, 37

Attitudes:

toward medication an...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments (1964)
• Acknowledgments (1986)
• Introduction to the Transaction Edition
• Contents
• Introduction
• One The Problem
• Two A Perspective
• Three The Psychotherapy Patient
• Four The Physical Approach
• Five The Psychological Approach
• Six The Psychotherapist
• Seven Philosophical Prophylaxis
• Eight Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index