End of psychotherapy

Author's name: Paul Farhakha

Are we witnessing the end of psychology? Has Freud forever ended the role of psychotherapy as we know it? Or has what truly ended is a certain way of looking at people and their crises? Are we witnessing the end of psychotherapy today? Has Freud ended forever? Everyone now assumes that psychological problems are of a neurological and hereditary nature and can be treated with medication. Pills, rather than the thread of conversation between patient and doctor. It seems we are back where we started in the 1960s: greater numbers are entering asylums, doctors are prescribing more medication, and electroshock therapy is no longer considered an unacceptable treatment. In other words, psychotherapy has "expired," and it is easier than ever to attach the label of psychiatry to patients. Where does the fault lie? In this bold book, Paul Verhaehe sheds light on the current crisis situation of psychotherapy, attempting to save it from becoming a kind of disciplinary and socially coercive power, under the guise of pseudoscience or pseudo-humanitarianism. In his book, Verhaehe offers an analysis of prevailing psychotherapeutic practices. How have some schools of therapy turned into mechanical patterns that empty the human being of his deepest dimensions? He believes that psychotherapy should not be limited to quick prescriptions, but rather should be a humane and insightful investigation into the individual's suffering and his relationship with the world.