End of psychotherapy

Author's name: Paul Ferhagh Publisher: Afaq for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2025 Literary classification: Humanities Book overview: Are we witnessing the end of psychotherapy? Has Freud ended forever? Everyone now assumes that all psychological problems - ADHD, depression, and mental exhaustion - are of a hereditary neurological nature, and that they can be treated with medications. Pills, instead of the extended thread of speech between the patient and the doctor. It seems we have returned to where we started in the sixties, with more people entering treatment clinics, doctors prescribing more medications to patients, and electroshock therapy no longer being rejected as a treatment. In other words: psychotherapy "has lost its effectiveness," and labeling patients with psychiatric diagnoses has become easier than ever. Where is the mistake?! In this book, Paul Ferhagh takes a firm stance against this shift, offering a critical analysis that seeks to explore the reasons behind the increasing mental health issues, not only in genes or nerve cells but also in how our society deals with them. In this book, Paul Ferhagh sheds light on the crisis situation of psychotherapy worldwide today, trying to save it from the transformation Michel Foucault criticized at the emergence of psychiatry, which is a form of social disciplinary and coercive authority, under the guise of false science or false humanity.