Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? is a nonfiction book by psychologist Margaret Singer, Ph.D. and Janja Lalich, Ph.D., published by Jossey-Bass in 1996. The work explores a myriad of wildly controversial claims often made in the psychotherapeutic industry.
The book's intended audience is psychiatric and psychotherapy patients. It discusses a list of severe warning signs that psychotherapy patients should avoid, regardless of the psych...
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Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? is a nonfiction book by psychologist Margaret Singer, Ph.D. and Janja Lalich, Ph.D., published by Jossey-Bass in 1996. The work explores a myriad of wildly controversial claims often made in the psychotherapeutic industry.
The book's intended audience is psychiatric and psychotherapy patients. It discusses a list of severe warning signs that psychotherapy patients should avoid, regardless of the psychotherapist's credentials, or reputation. These are discussed in detail, and quantified into ten classic behaviour patterns, which include: potential sexual abuse, asking the patient to perform menial chores, discussing the psychotherapist's problems in detail, asking the patient to cut off relations with friends and family, diagnosing the patient's condition before thoroughly discussing the issue, claiming the patient must be hypnotized in order to sort through past memories, treats patients as if they all have the same psychological root...
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