Dr. Yerushalmi has written a book which can be termed revolutionary, The Psycho-biographic Approach to Psychotherapy: A Study of the Power Structure of Psychotherapy, offer an alternative approach which makes sense and holds promise for a revitalized psychotherapy designed to genuinely ‘help people find themselves’ (Victor M. Solomon, Ph.D.)

Psychotherapy, Book Review:

Any psychotherapist who has lamented the apparent inability of a client to benefit from the therapist’s hard-earned expertise, should carefully consider the analysis of power in psychotherapy expounded in this book.

…to Experts who are insecure in egalitarian relationships, the recommendation is simple: Don’t bother reading this book. But to those who seek to improve their effectiveness as helpers, Yerushalmi’s message is worthy of consideration. 

This book may challenge the world-view of many therapist’s supervisors, and even managed care administrators. In fact, the author brilliantly refutes the authority of Expert, and many may be too invested in their various schools to receive his message.

UMDNJ matters, Book Review:

In this book the author questions the traditional therapeutic techniques and offers an alternative approach. The author begins with the premise that the therapist must respect the client’s integrity and personal history, and that the best approach to therapy begins with when the therapist creates a framework of mutual interaction. This type of relationship implies a “true” respect for the client, and is the basis of a trusting relationship as opposed to a “manufactured” trust, practiced in many psychotherapeutic circles.

Mary Willson Williams, Ph.D. The Union Institue and University:

This book should be required reading for every graduate student in the helping professions. This book is an excellent read and a powerful reminder of the role that respect for the individual should play in the psychotherapeutic relationship.

I truly believe it will become an important classic in the literature.