ETHICS, ETHOS, AND ACTUALIZATION - THE PARADIGM OF THE ANTINOMIAN THERAPIES

• NCJ Number: 6189
• Journal: ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGY Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: (WINTER 1970) Pages: 85-99
• Author(s): N ADLER
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California, Berkeley
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

NEW THERAPIES, SUCH AS ENCOUNTER, GESTALT, AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING GROUPS ARE CRITICIZED AS BEING DEAD ENDS RATHER THAN DEVELOPMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY.

Abstract

THESE PSYCHOTHERAPIES ARE DESCRIBED AS MORE SYMPTOM THAN CURE AND AS BEING CONSONANT WITH THE 'CURRENT HIPPIE ETHOS'. SINCE THESE THERAPIES ARE DESTRUCTIVE OF COMMON VALUES AND ETHICS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN A MODEL OF THE ETHICAL CODE OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFESSION.