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The human elements of psychotherapy: A nonmedical model of emotional healing.

DOI: 10.1037/14751-000

Publisher: American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association

Sep 21, 2015

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Introduction.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 3 –10

Because the evidence undermining the medical model of psychotherapy is now so compelling, this may be the best time in the history of psychotherapy to replace it. Thus, at a practical level, the purpose of this book is to show that the medical model has been scientifically discredited and to...
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Clinical psychology: Clinical evidence for a nonmedical model.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 11 –32

The evidence presented in this chapter is foundation shaking to a profession that for more than a century has embraced the medical model with its assumption that modalities and techniques are the instruments of change. It’s ironic that for decades clinical research, training, and practice...
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Attachment theory and social relationships research: The power of human connection and social interaction.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 33 –51

Drawing on findings from attachment theory and social relationships research, this chapter shows that we are evolutionarily hard-wired to develop, maintain, and restore our emotional well-being through supportive relationships with others. Thus, attachment theory and social relationships research...
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Neuroscience and evolutionary theory: How our brains are evolved to heal through social means.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 53 –72

This chapter has shown that the human brain evolved in a social context with remarkable abilities, including the ability to change in response to social experience and the ability to heal other brains through social means. From a neurobiological perspective, psychotherapy can be conceptualized as...
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Moral treatment: A historical example of healing through social means.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 73 –96

In the 1800s, a new treatment arose in Europe and spread to America. The treatment was reported to be highly effective and launched an era of optimism that those with severe psychological problems could be cured. Thousands of patients sought treatment, filling existing hospitals and asylums as...
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Summary of the model and implications for clinical research, training, and practice.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 97 –117

Since the beginning of our profession, the medical model of psychotherapy has shaped clinical research, training, and practice. Freud and other pioneers, in line with medical-model thinking, believed their theories and techniques were responsible for therapeutic effectiveness; they presented...
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Afterword.

Elkins, David N.

Pages: 119 –119

We are in the midst of one of the greatest revolutions in the history of psychotherapy. The old paradigm has been undermined, and a new paradigm is struggling to be born. Paradigms change slowly, and those committed to the old paradigm do not yield easily. Nevertheless, there are reasons to...

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