Should a therapist use aromatherapy—having patients smell certain plant-based essential oils—to treat psychological disorders? Aromatherapy is not an empirically supported treatment for psychological disorders (Louis & Kowalski, 2002). This technique is in the realm of pseudopsychology, where claims are supported primarily by case studies or poorly designed studies with few participants, often without an appropriate control group.
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