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Abstract
The very existence of truth, let alone its worth, is currently under attack from many quarters. In the wider culture, disinformation and other forms of misrepresenting the truth spread far and wide, as information conduits proliferate. This paper suggests some reasons for the “anti-truth” trend. Mainstream media have played a role, as have theoreticians from fields as diverse as philosophy, psychoanalysis, science, and literary criticism. “Anti-truth” trends are having a serious impact on psychological treatment, affecting its content and the conception of its goals. This paper suggests some problematic outcomes of this phenomenon for practitioners and patients in various forms of psychotherapy.
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Sandra Buechler
Sandra Buechler, PhD, is a training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. She is the author of Clinical Values: Emotions that Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment (Analytic Press, 2004), Making a Difference in Patients’ Lives (Routledge, 2008), Still Practicing: The Heartaches and Joys of a Clinical Career (Routledge, 2012), Understanding and Treating Patients in Clinical Psychoanalysis: Lessons from Literature (Routledge, 2015), Psychoanalytic Reflections: Training and Practice (IP Books, 2017), Psychoanalytic Approaches to Problems in Living (Routledge, 2019), and Poetic Dialogues (IP Books, 2021).