Episode 9: Constructing the Self, Constructing America

from Deliberating Practice: Deconstructing Psychotherapy for a Better Future · host Glenn Wood, M.Ed., RCC and Richard Tatomir, M.A., CCC

Richard and Glenn are joined by SFU graduate student Anthony to discuss the book Constructing the Self, Constructing America by Philip Cushman. Cushman advances the argument that psychotherapy is a cultural activity and cannot be fully understood outside of the culture of consumer capitalism. The speakers discuss Cushman's wide perspective on psychotherapy and its implications for contemporary practice.

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