The dance of psychotherapy and politics

Abstract

This paper presents a review of and commentary on the edited collection The Politics of Psychotherapy: New Perspectives. Certain chapters and themes are picked up and elaborated upon. The impact of modernist ‘audit culture’ values on therapy practice are then examined at length. The selective and partial nature of this review article should not mask the rich diversity that constitutes the psychotherapy/politics nexus, which this book admirably represents.