Table of Contents

Ch 1 Trading in the self Ch2 That boy needs therapy Ch 3 Psychomercials Ch 4 Self-help etc Ch 5 Psych dot com Ch 6 Pictures of Lily Ch 7 Here's Johnny! Ch 8 Beyond help?

Reviews

Psychology - particularly but not only in its popular guise - must be one of the most successful industries of 'postmodernity'. It has become so largely because of an unscrupulous readiness on the part of its practitioners to exploit our all-too-human need to grasp at any straw that promises us relief from pain - Written with an intelligence and depth of thought that demand careful attention, no one with a serious interest in the field weill regret reading this book, even though it may make some pretty uncomfortable. David Smail, Mental Health Today (UK), November 2003. It is an important and stimulating book, which raises fundamental questions about the nature of the therapeutic enterprise. Julia McLeod, Abertay University Dundee (UK), HCPJ July 2003