John C. Rhead, Ph.D. DEFINITION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY (Originally published in Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, 2003.) For the purposes of this essay, I will use the term “psychotherapy” to refer to a particular type of interpersonal process intended to facilitate conscious awareness of that which had previously been unconscious.  It is not meant to … Continue reading Dangers Inherent in the Trivialization of Psychotherapy