Psychotherapy and the Social Clinic in the United States Soothing Fictions /

• Main Author: Epstein, William M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Critical psychology.; Psychotherapy .; Social policy.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Public policy.; Critical Psychology.; Social Policy.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Public Policy.

This book offers a compelling critical analysis of American society by examining the role of psychotherapy within social policy and the culture that has fashioned it. It takes a deeply critical look at 'the social clinic,' defined here as a ubiquitous organizational arrangement that includ...