Political deception and the CBT tsunami
Ivan Tyrrell with Farhad Dalal
Today we are listening in on a fascinating conversation between Ivan Tyrrell - Co-founder of the Human Givens approach and director of Human Givens College - and Farhad Dalal, who is a UK-based psychotherapist and author. Farhad Dalal’s book - CBT: The Cognitive Behavioural Tsunami: Managerialism, Politics, and the Corruptions of Science is a robust, detailed and psychologically sophisticated critique of the frightening place where modern managerialism, regulation and compliance have taken us.
Thank you so much to Farhad and Ivan for sharing their knowledge and thoughts on this situation. Farhad’s book is available to listeners at a 20% discount here and enter the code BSE19 at checkout.
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Date posted: 14/02/2024