List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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Challenges from the Psychotherapy Literature:
What Do Therapists Know?
The Proliferation of Therapeutic Theories and Methods
Historical and Comparative Approaches to Psychotherapy
The Empirical Literature on Psychotherapy
Subjective Factors in Theory Construction, Selection, and Use
Moral and Political Dimensions of Therapy Practice
Summary
2
Challenges from Philosophy: What Can Therapists Know?
Relevant Philosophical Terms and Trends
A Formulation and Review of Philosophical Positions
Postmodernist Implications for Nihilism and Relativism
Summary
3
The Revelatory and Restrictive Functions of Psychotherapeutic Theories
Misapplications of the Paradigm Concept to the Human Sciences
Kuhn's History and Philosophy of Science as Psychology
Comparisons to the Theories of George Kelly and Carl Rogers
A Theory about Human Theories
4
The Range of Philosophical Assumptions in Psychotherapeutic Theories
Does the Objectivist-Constructivist Contrast Apply to Theories, Theorists/Therapists, or Therapeutic Practices?
What Are the Varieties of "Constructivism" in Contemporary Psychotherapy?
How Does the Objectivist-Constructivist Contrast Relate to Subjectivism and Transpersonalism?
Summary and Conclusions
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Philosophical Assumptions as Lived Modes of Knowing
Toward the Integration of Philosophy and Lived Experience
A Framework for Lived Modes of Knowing
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Lived Modes of Knowing in the Therapist's Experience
The Realist Mode of Knowing
The Representational Mode of Knowing
The Perspectival Mode of Knowing
The Dialogical Mode of Knowing
The Critical Mode of Knowing
The Nihilistic Mode of Knowing
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Implications for Practice: Toward a Morally Situated Psychotherapy
The Risks of Certitude: MPD and Satanic Ritual Abuse
The Necessity and Danger of Therapeutic Conviction
Ethics, Morality, and Reflexivity in Therapy Practice
Components of a Morally Situated (Reflexive) Epistemology
Cognitive, Emotional, and Experiential Barriers to Dialectical, Pluralistic Practice
References
Name Index
Subject Index