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'In this superb book John Heaton presents and defends a post Freudian 'talking cure' approach to psychotherapy. What gives the book a special weight is its reliance on the work of Wittgenstein. Scarcely a page goes by without a quotation from and insightful remarks on his writing. This appeal to Wittgenstein is remarkable in its depth of understanding and in the range of texts cited. The ideas thus culled are artfully employed in laying out the details of the theory-free take on therapy that constitutes John Heaton's talking cure. They are also most tellingly used in an ongoing attack on what are seen as the similar theory laden approaches found in the work of Freud and the cognitive therapists [...] Altogether a delightful and important book.'
- Professor J. Canfield, University of Toronto, Canada, USA
'This book shows how Wittgenstein's therapeutic method can be applied to psychotherapy. An original endeavour which may well break new ground [...] a work that psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts will want to read.'
- Dr Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, University of Hertfordshire, UK
'[...] Heaton's revolutionary book requires, needs, and deserves to be read not only by psychotherapists and psychiatrists but by every mental health professional.'
- British Journal of Psychiatry
'...a devilishly complex and sophisticated book...' - The Philadelphia Association
'...the empiricist mythologies of the talking cure, that confuse process with entity, reify distress in some thing in the client. The grip of reification is the very difficulty from which the client seeks relief. The Talking Cure elucidates this strange irony of the profession that all therapists ought to be aware of. We should be grateful to Heaton for drawing our attention to it.' - History and Philosophy of Psychology
'Though aimed at the psychotherapist - for whom it should be an essential text - this work holds profound insights for those of any discipline concerned with how we try to make sense of ourselves and our world.'
- Existential Analysis, Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis
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Book Title: The Talking Cure
Book Subtitle: Wittgenstein's Therapeutic Method for Psychotherapy
Authors: John M. Heaton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230275102
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23761-2Published: 09 April 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32643-0Published: 07 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27510-2Published: 09 April 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 227
Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology Research