In Praise of Psychotherapists: How Change Occurs Despite Baffling Theory and Bureaucracy

"In Praise of Psychotherapists" gets to the heart of what really happens between two people in psychotherapy. James M. McMahon boldly confronts the problems in the profession that have wounded psychotherapy, particularly over the past two decades. He challenges the daunting theory, political infighting, unexamined personal and professional shame, narcissism, and fusion-topped off by the managed care cabal-that have left the profession and its intended beneficiaries reeling. Still, McMahon maintains that an inexorable power of growth is unleashed when two people commit themselves to the examination of personal struggle, and he demonstrates the conditions necessary for that explosion of awake-ness to occur, in a way never before shown. "Not since Carl Rogers has a psychologist written with such courage, compassion, and insight. Dr. mcMahon brings a completely fresh perspective to understanding human experience and opens a previously unknown window into the subject of human change. He is the rare psychotherapist who writes of his work with such brilliance and beauty as to be inspirational." Ken Byrne, Psy.D., CEO, The Balint Group, Melbourne, Australia