Reacts to responses concerning a previous article in this issue, "Against Scientism in Psychological Counselling and Therapy." Reasserts that there are important, undeniable limitations to the application of physical science methodologies and epistemologies to the study of humans and their experiences. (JPS)

Asserts that cognitive therapies are concerned with human affective experience, but not limited to conscious, rational, affectively-neutral concerns or difficulties. Cites examples of healthy programs of research and theoretical development in cognitive psychology. These therapies hold promise for integrating theoretical and empirical work in…

Argues that much psychotherapy literature and practice overvalues ways of knowing associated with science alone. The difficulty of establishing causal claims in psychotherapy points to unresolved difficulties in acquiring scientific knowledge. Additionally, the moral constitution of much psychotherapeutic focus questions the appropriateness of…