1st Edition

A Critical Reconstruction of Evidence-based Practice in Psychology Evidence and Ethics

By Henrik Berg Copyright 2025
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Evidence-based practice in psychology is the dominant regulatory principle in clinical psychology, defining psychological knowledge and its application. This book provides a critical analysis and a reconstruction of the policy statement focusing on epistemology and ethics. The book shows the ideological and historical background for the development of evidence-based practice in psychology. It... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Science, politics and the technification of psychotherapy

3. The emergence of evidence-based medicine and the return of the expert

4. Evidence-based practice in psychology

5. Facts and values in psychotherapy

6. An ethical demarcation

7. Evidence-based practice in psychology: A tripartite concept?

8. Clinical expertise as therapeutic virtues

9. Conclusion

Biography

Henrik Berg, PhD, is a full professor in theory of science at the University of Bergen. He has an academic background in philosophy and psychology. He also is a clinical psychologist.

'In this book, Berg claims that evidence-based practice in psychology distorts psychotherapy. This bold claim is proven valid throughout the book. It shows that there is a need for a reconstruction of the policy-statement. The book is well written and crystal clear in the presentation of philosophical concepts and in the analysis of evidence-based practice in psychology.'

Henrik Eriksen, Danish Psychological Association