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Why Psychotherapy Must Promote Moral Responsibility

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  • Paul,
  • a
  • divorced
  • father,
  • wants
  • to
  • back
  • out
  • of
  • his
  • child
  • care
  • arrangement
  • and
  • spend
  • less
  • time
  • with
  • his
  • children.
  • Nathan
  • has
  • been
  • lying
  • to
  • his
  • wife
  • about
  • a
  • serious
  • medical
  • condition.
  • Marsha,
  • recently
  • separated
  • from
  • her
  • husband,
  • cannot
  • resist
  • telling
  • her
  • children
  • negative
  • things
  • about
  • their
  • father.
  • What
  • is
  • the
  • role
  • of
  • therapy
  • in
  • these
  • situations?
  • Trained
  • to
  • strive
  • for
  • neutrality
  • and
  • to
  • focus
  • strictly
  • on
  • the
  • clients'
  • needs,
  • most
  • therapists
  • generally
  • consider
  • moral
  • issues
  • such
  • as
  • fairness,
  • truthfulness,
  • and
  • obligation
  • beyond
  • their
  • domain.
  • Now,
  • an
  • award-winning
  • psychologist
  • and
  • family
  • therapist
  • criticizes
  • psychotherapy's
  • overemphasis
  • on
  • individual
  • self-interest
  • and
  • calls
  • for
  • a
  • sense
  • of
  • moral
  • responsibility
  • in therapy.
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