Psychofraud and Ethical Therapy

Psychofraud and Ethical Therapy is one of the earliest books to explore the relationship between ethics and neurosis and to expose deception and fraud inside the psychotherapeutic professions. Psychofraud is defined as any ideology about human behavior which purports to predict and control human behavior but cannot be scientifically verified. Groups scrutinized as having practitioners within their ranks include traditional clergy, classical psychotherapy, behaviorists, humanistic psychology and many of the social sciences. Ethical therapy, the counter to psychofraud, helps eliminate neurosis and emotional blockages by "a process of increasing creative intelligence by increasing ethics."
The book takes a historical perspective tracing instances of psychofraud from ancient Egypt to the Inquisition to modern times. Warning that much of Western culture is drifting into the grips of a psychofraudulent mentality, it challenges professionals and laypeople to heed nature's imperative: evolve or perish.

"It captivated me. . . It's sobering and threatening, but necessary. I would like to see it on every therapist's shelf, in every clergyman's study, in every educational curriculum."

Dr. Anthony R. Stone
Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

"A fascinating book. . .a refreshing, simple theory."

Ann Rudy
Copley News Service

 

"Garcia's ideas are based on those of Socrates; his presentation is both profound and provocative."

Patricia Treakle
Huntsville, Alabama Times