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Article: Humanistic approach is vital in psychotherapy.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
- Article from:
- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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In these highly technological, frequently impersonal times, the role of humanistic psychology is more important than ever. Battered by the vapid machinations of managed care, overreliance on the biochemical and pharmacologic, and the seductive simplicity of computer-generated, evidence-based cookbooks, psychology is close to losing its soul.
Personalism, humanism, existentialism, and optimism hold promise as antidotes.
My experience in successfully operating two large community-based mental health and chemical dependency clinics for more than 2 decades in New York City has shown me the important role that humanistic psychology plays in treating a ...