WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR? 
AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PROFESSION 
OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
By Dr. Alvin R. Mahrer

    Today psychotherapy is a big business. Practitioners have contributed to building an infrastructure of security and self reinforcement. Most of the current issues or problems that psychotherapy addresses have been conceived, created, categorized and maintained by psychotherapists. Could it be that these issues exist more in the mind of the profession rather than in the person who is seeking assistance for the problem? In this exciting new book, Dr. Alvin R. Mahrer, addresses issues related to what psychotherapy has been and suggest bringing the profession of psychotherapy to a close. He discusses and outlines how to replace psychotherapy with an innovative new profession based on a revolutionary new answer to the question - What is Psychotherapy For? 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Preview: Since We Now Know What Psychotherapy Is For
Here Is A Grand Alternative 

Chapter 1 
Task Force Reports Provide The Professional Guidelines For How To Do Psychotherapy 

Chapter 2
What Are Some Serious Problems With The Professional Guidelines For How To Do Psychotherapy? 

Chapter 3
Are There Plausible Alternatives To The Practice Guidelines? 

Chapter 4
A Touchy Question: What Is Psychotherapy For? 

Chapter 5
The Experiential Alternative To What Psychotherapy Is For 

Chapter 6 
What Are Some Problems With The Idea Of 'Problems'? 

Chapter 7
Which Is Better - Starting With 'Scene Of Strong Feeling' Or Starting With The Mental Disorder/ Problem? 

Conclusions And Invitations and References.  

List Price - $25.95  

Paperback (8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches) 265 pages

Howard Gontovnick Publications (2010)

ISBN-13: 978-0968186541