Abstract
As I have said, in the talking ‘cure’ we attend to the dialogue itself, to the use of language, avoiding explanations which depend upon dogmatic assumptions. I shall give a brief account of psychotherapy in the ancient world of Greece and Rome, as it is close to the talking cure and can be fruitfully contrasted with modern therapies, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive behaviour therapy, which are reductionist and modelled on natural science.
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© 2010 John M. Heaton
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Heaton, J.M. (2010). Fearless Speech. In: The Talking Cure. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230275102_2
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