A thorough update of Jerome Frank's groundbreaking work on the science and philosophy of
psychotherapy. In this updated edition of Persuasion and Healing Julia B. Frank MD and
Bruce E. Wampold PhD examine psychological healing in both scientific and cultural terms
building upon Jerome D. Frank and his colleagues' sixty years of research into the mechanisms
of psychotherapy and the nature of therapeutic relationships. J.D. Frank's insights into the
common features of effective psychotherapy shed light on an enormous range of therapeutic
activities from professional care offered by people of diverse training to faith healing
indigenous healing relief of suffering in medical illness and other disruptions of people's
relationships and core beliefs. This edition applies Frank's scientifically supported
transdiagnostic humanistic principles to narrative and cognitive behavioral individual and
group psychotherapies in both traditional and newer forms. The authors look beyond the bounds
of professional services discussing applications of the principles of psychotherapy that
promote resilience in the face of the increasing worldwide burden of mental illnesses and
demoralization related to rapid technological change cultural dislocation violence and
disasters of many kinds. Therapeutic innovations supported by Frank's work range from the
training and deployment of lay mental health workers in low-resource areas to digitally
enhanced care particularly telehealth AI and algorithmic methods. This classic work is a
must-read for anyone dedicated to understanding psychotherapy in all its forms as the
application of the compassionate principles of persuasion and healing to the mental health
challenges of a troubled world.
