Saving Talk Therapy

Praise

“Saving Talk Therapy is a compelling, meticulously researched, and accessible account of how the machinations of two very powerful industries—health insurers and pharmaceutical companies—have undermined the viability of the practice of talk therapy and corrupted the research paradigms in use to evaluate the effects of all mental health treatments. Moving beyond critique, Gnaulati provides clinical vignettes from his own practice to illustrate what is beneficial about psychodynamic/humanistic psychotherapy. For the millions of mental health patients who are dissatisfied with the dehumanized treatments they have received, and for the thousands of young mental health professionals who know the work they are doing feels much less rewarding than they had thought it would be, this is the book to read.”
—Ronald B. Miller, professor of psychology, St. Michael’s College, and author of Not So Abnormal Psychology: A Pragmatic View of Mental Illness

“In this remarkable and highly readable book, Dr. Enrico Gnaulati, an eminent author and seasoned clinical psychologist, provides a compelling and spirited argument for the value of psychotherapy for individuals and for society. Drawing upon a wide range of research, he also does the public and mental health professions a great service by questioning the often extravagant claims made for the effectiveness and safety of psychiatric medication, and the overstated benefits of quick-fix therapies.”
—Steen Halling, professor of psychology emeritus, Seattle University, and author of Intimacy, Transcendence, and Psychology: Closeness and Openness in Everyday Life

“Saving Talk Therapy is an impassioned defense of the emotionally evocative form of psychotherapy that many people still seek. It is now vanishing. Dr. Gnaulati brilliantly lays out the history of the field and provides incisive analysis of the forces—political, economic, and cultural—that have endangered its future. This is a compelling and essential read for mental health professionals and consumers alike.”
—Ben Gorvine, assistant chair, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University

“Saving Talk Therapy is a brilliant exposé of what has happened to the field of psychotherapy and should be required reading for therapists and patients alike. Both authoritative and engaging, Dr. Gnaulati masterfully lays bare the deceits and disinformation that prevent most people from ever getting meaningful therapy and most therapists from learning how to provide it.”
—Jonathan Shedler, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine and author of The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy