The Nature of Unhappiness, containing The Origins of Unhappiness, and How to Survive without Psychotherapy

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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
184119350X
ISBN 13
9781841193502
Category
Mike D. (161)
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
505
Description
David Smail's books work to a central theme - that psychological distress arises not from 'illness' or personal failure but as a response to damaging influences from the outside world. He believes that such distress can be alleviated by care and understanding from our fellows. He also examines how the dominant values of society and politics can have devastating effects on the individual, and consequently that counsellors and therapists can have limited success in treating such problems - that in fact it is the circumstances and not the individual, that need to be altered. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
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