TY  - GEN
AU  - Smail, David 
TI  - Power, interest and psychology: elements of a social materialist understanding of distress
SN  - 9781898059714
U1  - 302.54 SMA/P 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - United Kingdom -- 
PB  - PCCS Books -- 
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Social interaction
KW  - Individuation
KW  - Social integration
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Distress (Psychology)
N1  - Introduction; 

1. Looking Back; 

2. A Societal Perspective; 

3. The Cultural Context of Therapy; 

4. Responsibility; 

5. What Then Must We Do?; 

Epilogue

N2  - 
Therapeutic psychology suggests that we are essentially self-creating and able to heal ourselves emotionally. This view reflects the wishful thinking necessary for the success of consumer capitalism, but it does not reflect the way things are. Smail examines how our experience of ourselves and our conduct can be explained in terms of the social operation of power and interest
ER  -