Counseling and the Therapeutic State

Name: Counseling and the Therapeutic State
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ISBN: 9780202306247

ISBN-10: 0202306240

ISBN-13: 9780202306247

Edition: 1999

Authors: James Chriss, James Chriss

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This book examines the nature and scope of counselling and psychotherapeutic practice in modern society. Although this entails a close analysis of the social organization of counselling within medicine, psychology and the helping professions, the book also looks at the persistence of the therapeutic ethos within American and Western culture more generally (that is, within the context of families, communities, schools, churches, the courts, and the mass media). welfare state, with its guiding concepts and metaphors of sickness, disease, syndrome, pathology, addiction and self-esteem, one must understand that the rise to prominence of medicine occurred concomitant to the broader…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/30/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 207
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

James J. Chriss is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University. He research focuses on criminological theory, sociological theory, policing, and social control. His Most recent book is Social Control (2007).



Preface



Introduction




Conceptualizing the State



Children and the Civic State: A Covenant Model of Welfare




Power and Social Action beyond the State




Therapy, Organizations, and the State: A Blackian Perspective




The Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill: Lessons from Goffman




Counseling and Therapy in Institutional Settings



Acquiescence or Consensus? Consenting to Therapeutic Pedagogy




The Emergence of Recovered Memory as a Social Problem




The Concept of a "Healthy Person": A Sociological Contribution toward a Truly Revolutionary Psychotherapy




Toward a Critical Social Interactionism for Counselors




The Family under Siege



Biographical Sketches of the Contributors


Index