[.ca] Provocative Therapy (ISBN 0916990036)

The therapy of laughing at oneself:
. Provocative Therapy was developed in an inpatient ward as Frank Farrelly, dissatisfied with his effectiveness as a therapist, began to explore new procedures for promoting significant, resilient change in chronic and recalcitrant patients. He now demonstrates the method in seminars and in this book for ordinary neurotics, like us. Provocative therapy is a wild form of confrontational therapy that cuts to the quick of a problem, throws it up in the air, bathes it in outrageous humour and opens up the possibilities of change. It works because Frank Farrelly has a deep understanding of the human condition and he knows how to make people laugh at themselves. This book has been called "the funniest book ever written in the clinical field" by students and professionals alike. Many of them have also described it as "the clearest book ever written about psychotherapy." .