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Prophecy, Behaviour and Change An Examination of Self-fulfilling Prophecies in Helping Relationships
By Gerald G. Smale
Copyright 1977
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
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Professional helpers may harm their clients instead of helping them. This is one of the important implications – for the selection, training and practice of members of the helping professions – of the evidence reviewed in this book. Originally published in 1977, Gerald Smale argues that the expectations of the professional helper, whether social worker, doctor, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,... Read more
Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Self-fulfilling Prophecy 3. Bias, Hypnosis and Placebos 4. Prophecy in Helping Relationships 5. Behaviour and Change 6. Client-centred Therapy: An Example 7. How to Maximise the Prophet’s Potency 8. For Better or For Worse 9. Prophecy and Practice. Bibliography.
Biography
Gerald G. Smale
