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David Smail’s Followers (40)
David Smail
Born
in Putney, London, The United Kingdom
April 23, 1938
Died
August 03, 2014
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The Origins of Unhappiness: A New Understanding of Personal Distress
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1999
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Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress
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2005
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5 editions
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Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
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published
1984
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21 editions
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How to Survive without Psychotherapy
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published
1998
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7 editions
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Taking Care: An Alternative to Therapy
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published
1987
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9 editions
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The Nature of Unhappiness, containing The Origins of Unhappiness, and How to Survive without Psychotherapy
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2001
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Why Therapy Doesn't Work
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published
2001
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2 editions
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Power, Responsibility and Freedom
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Implausible Professions : Arguments for Pluralism and Autonomy in Psychotherapy and Counselling
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published
1997
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2 editions
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Why Therapy Doesn't Work and What You Should Do About It
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“Suffering is a form of knowledge. It tells us what is wrong with our world.”
― Implausible Professions : Arguments for Pluralism and Autonomy in Psychotherapy and Counselling
― Implausible Professions : Arguments for Pluralism and Autonomy in Psychotherapy and Counselling
“The social havoc wreaked by unfettered economic greed comes to be interiorised as the personal weakness and irresponsibility of those principally affected.”
― Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress
― Power, Interest and Psychology: Elements of a Social Materialist Understanding of Distress
“Absolutely everybody wants to be liked (law 1).
Everyone feels different inside (less confident, less able, etc.) from how they infer other people to feel (law 2).
Few honest and courageous people who have achieved anything of real value in life do not feel a fraud much of the time (law 3).
Acceptance of these three 'laws' alone would save an awful lot of people an awful lot of grief!”
― Power, Responsibility and Freedom
Everyone feels different inside (less confident, less able, etc.) from how they infer other people to feel (law 2).
Few honest and courageous people who have achieved anything of real value in life do not feel a fraud much of the time (law 3).
Acceptance of these three 'laws' alone would save an awful lot of people an awful lot of grief!”
― Power, Responsibility and Freedom
