In the April, 1995 issue of the Family Therapy Networker, in his article “The Overselling of Therapy,” eminent behaviorist Neil Jacobson delivers a devastating critique of the therapy industry. In particular he challenges claims that there is scientific evidence, based in well designed studies, showing either that psycho-therapy is an effective treatment for mental illness or that a psycho-therapist’s training and experience in any particular methodology is correlated positively with therapeutic outcome