Alternative Psychotherapies - Evaluating Unconventional Mental Health Treatments

In this book, Jean Mercer evaluates a series of unconventional and potentially harmful psychological treatments that are rarely mentioned in the profession's literature. Mercer guides readers to an understanding of alternative psychotherapies that will help them advise clients with respect to existing and newly-emerging unconventional treatments.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introducing the Issue of Alternative Psychotherapies
Chapter 2 Regression Therapies: Back to Babyhood
Chapter 3 Repression and Remembering in Alternative Psychotherapies
Chapter 4 Energy Therapies
Chapter 5 Bodywork, Passive and Active
Chapter 6 All About Attachment
Chapter 7 Understanding and Treating Autism
Chapter 8 Special Education and Treatments for Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 9 Conclusion: Regulating Alternative Psychotherapies
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Jean Mercer

Summary

In this book, Jean Mercer evaluates a series of unconventional and potentially harmful psychological treatments that are rarely mentioned in the profession’s literature. Mercer guides readers to an understanding of alternative psychotherapies that will help them advise clients with respect to existing and newly-emerging unconventional treatments.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Mercer, Mercer Jean
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2014
• EAN: 9781442234918
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3491-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: counselling, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services