Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease

"Psychotherapy" by James J. Walsh is a medical exploration into how the mind can heal the body, specifically diving into mental influence and therapies used to treat physical and mental disease. Walsh takes readers on a journey that begins long ago with the early practitioners of medicine and highlights the powerful connection between a patient's mind and their physical health, drawing on various eras and medical settings to show how important mental states and suggestions are in treatment. Walsh builds a case for using psychotherapy more intentionally, since he strongly believes that a doctor's and patient's trust can lead to better recoveries.