Practicing Psychotherapy in Constructed Reality

This provocative book challenges two of psychology’s primary assumptions: 1) clients get better due to the power of techniques and 2) psychotherapy is a scientific discipline that functions in fundamental reality.

Stephen Bacon, PhD, is a practicing clinical psychologist in private practice in California.

Introduction: Real Versus Constructed Part I: The New Therapeutic Milieu Chapter 1: Psychology's Inconvenient Truths Chapter 2: Close Encounters with the Abyss Chapter 3: Social Constructionism Chapter 4: A Place to Stand Chapter 5: The Nomological Net Part II: Enhancing Therapist Effectiveness Chapter 6: Focus on the Therapist Chapter 7: Beginner's Mind Chapter 8: Wizards among Us Chapter 9: Apollonian Power: The Primacy of the Conscious Mind Chapter 10: Identity Chapter 11: Heart and Soul Chapter 12: The Other Royal Road: Social Determinants of Change Chapter 13: Dionysian Power: Sacred Space and Altered States Chapter 14: The Spiritual Path Chapter 15: Becoming Remarkable Chapter 16: The Way Forward