Psychotherapy in an Age of Narcissism: Modernity, Science, and Society

Adopting a friendly but critical approach to the talking therapies, this book places psychotherapy in a social and historical context, exploring its relationship to contemporary culture and recommending a different way of thinking about practice.

Author: J. Paris
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/28/2012
Pages: 171
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230336964

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2013

About the Author
JOEL PARIS has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, is a full Professor, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris is currently a Research Associate at the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, and heads personality clinics at two hospitals. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Dr. Paris' research interest is in personality disorders. He has 175 peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of 12 books and 38 book chapters. He is an educator who has supervised psychiatric evaluation with residents for 40 years, and who has won awards for his teaching.