ABSTRACT
BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND SCIENTIFIC IDEALS TEND TO CAUSE MANY AMERICAN PSYCHOTHERAPlSTS TO UNDERESTIMATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH PSYCHOTHERAPY IS A PROCESS OF PERSUASION. MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRACY DO NOT LIKE TO SEE THEMSELVES AS EXERCISING POWER OVER SOMEONE ELSE, AND THE SCIENTIST OBSERVES—HE DOES NOT INFLUENCE...[M]OST PSYCHOTHERAPISTS IN AMERICA CLAIM TO BE BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND SCIENTIFIC, THOUGH IN MANY RESPECTS THEY ARE NEITHER.
