Self-Evaluation And Psychotherapy In The Market System

Psychology by Kalman Glantz (Author), J. Gary Bernhard (Author)

Self-Evaluation and Psychotherapy in the Market System examines the ways in which the competitive, hierarchical nature of today’s market system contributes to the issues that many clients bring to therapy. Instead of seeing a lack of self-esteem as the root of clients’ problems, Glantz and Bernhard argue that self-evaluation―the struggle to achieve a high opinion of self―exacerbated by the market system, leads to stress and endless self-involvement. Beginning with an explanation of the connection between the market system and self-evaluation, this volume then goes on to describe an approach to therapeutic treatment designed to free clients from the negative effects of the market system by moving away from self-evaluation altogether. This is a must-read for therapists looking for a new approach to treating clients left questioning their place in a society that encourages competition and self-involvement

About the Author
Kalman Glantz, PhD, spent 28 years as a psychotherapist in private practice in Cambridge and Boston. He is the author of two previous books: Exiles from Eden: Psychotherapy from an Evolutionary Perspective, and, with J. Gary Bernhard, Staying Human in the Organization.

J. Gary Bernhard, EdD, has been involved in educational leadership for more than 40 years. He has previously served as director of the University Without Walls program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst