Contents
Introduction: psychology, therapy, and society; Part I. Configuring Contexts: 1. Positioning psychology: configuring professional boundaries and identities; 2. Proliferating therapy: the rise of the improving access to psychological therapy (IAPT) initiative; 3. Producing treatability: reconfiguring the subjects of therapy through entwinements of clinical practice and mental health law; Part II. Configuring Care: 4. Prefacing care: the reciprocal configuration of patients, services, and professionals during referral and assessment; 5. Performing autonomy: working with and against healthcare structures to configure access and exclusion; 6. Prompting exclusion: how 'did not attend' policies shape the involuntary discharge of patients; Coda: psychological therapy and the ambivalence of access; References; Acknowledgements.



