Persuasion and Healing

A time for celebration and renewal! Probably the most influential book in modern psychotherapy has been updated. This new edition of Persuasion and Healing retains its brilliant analysis of what works, offering guidance and reassurance to all while avoiding the despair of ideological singularity. Frank's psychiatrist daughter and renowned psychologist Wampold add empirical support to the classic.

Certain books represent turning points in scientific understanding and progress—Darwin's Origin of Species, Watson's Double Helix, Wilson's On Human Nature. For helping professionals, Persuasion and Healing is that book. Beyond fad and fancy, it cuts straight to the heart of what matters most in effective psychotherapy.

The updated Persuasion and Healing is a timely and brilliant guide to humanistic psychotherapy. Amid a behavioral pandemic of loneliness and rising deaths of despair, this book offers essential tools of compassion, resilience, wisdom, and happiness, much-needed antidotes to the emotional and social crisis of our time.

Persuasion and Healing revolutionized thinking about psychotherapy theory, research, and practice, arguing that what differentiated specific therapeutic schools and techniques were less important than their commonalities. This updated edition takes modern developments into account while still maintaining the originality and humanity of Dr. Frank's seminal work. It should be required reading for anyone who practices, investigates, or thinks about psychotherapy.

The updated edition of this classic text is an in-depth study of the fundamentals of psychological healing. It succeeds in demystifying psychotherapy by applying clear thinking and empiricism to understanding mechanisms, practice and outcomes. Persuasion and Healing should be on the shelf of every mental health professional, beginner or advanced.