CBT: The Cognitive Behavioural Tsunami: Managerialism, Politics, and the Corruptions of Science (Book review)

Abstract

This is an astonishing book.The opening, preliminary pages set the scene for the sheer quality of the book as they comprise endorsements from 24 well-respected, international colleagues whose comments about this book include that it is 'breath-taking in its scope, perception and wit' (Michael Traynor), 'an absolute masterpiece' (Sami Timimi), and 'a great read for those of us who appreciate challenging, perspicacious and compassionate analysis' (Margie Callanan); and that it offers 'a devastatingly forensic critique' (Andrew Samuels), an 'erudite, thoughtful investigation' (Robert Whittaker), 'an urgent critique of the dysfunction of our hyper-rational culture' (Paul Hoggett), 'a robust, detailed and psychologically sophisticated critique' (Rex Haigh), 'critical thinking … [that] reveals[s] the corruptions of argument and evidence on which the dominance of CBT [cognitive behavioural therapy] is based' (Stephen Froch), and so on.Many in the field and not least readers of this journal will be aware of the criticality that Farhad Dalal has brought to bear on group analytic theory (1998), race, colour, and

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