Across the world anxiety, stress and depression are on the increase, a
trend which looks set to continue as austerity measures bite. The
official response tells people that unhappiness is just a personal
problem, rather than a social one. Written by a practising psychologist,
with nearly thirty years' experience in the fields of mental health and
learning disabilities, The Therapy Industry offers a concise, accessible
and critical overview of the world of psychological practice in Britain
and the USA. Paul Moloney argues that much therapy is geared towards
compliance and acceptance of the status quo, rather than attempting to
facilitate social change. The Therapy Industry fundamentally challenges
our conceptions of happiness and wellbeing. Moloney argues that
therapeutic and applied psychology have little basis in science, that
their benefits are highly exaggerated and they prosper because they
serve the interests of power.