1st Edition

Freud's Converts

By Vicki Clifford Copyright 2008
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This work is an exploration of the relationship which psychotherapy has with religion. Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers were chosen for this exposition because they were each seduced by the high status given to science. Freud and Rogers, both founders of psychotherapies, left a legacy which is not that of scientists whom they claimed they were. Freud and Rogers each had a problematic relationship... Read more
Preface -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Science and Status -- The Construction of Freud -- Freud's Legacy -- Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy -- The Construction of Carl Rogers -- Person-Centred Theories and Practice -- Rogers' Legacy -- Post-Secular Psychotherapy -- Post-Feminist Responses -- Conclusion

Biography

Clifford, Vicki