I'm Cautious About A Lot Of Words

Each Morning, We Return From The Dream Soul Trying To Adjust To The Day World, That Moment When The Two Souls Exchange Places In The Driver’s Seat.

As The Popular Trust In Science Fades - And Many Sociologists Say That's Happening Today - People Will Develop A Distrust Of Purely "scientific" Psychology. Researchers In The Universities Haven't Picked Up On This; They're More Interested In Genetics And Computer Models Of Thinking Than Ever. But, In General, There Is A Huge Distrust Of The Scientific Establishment Now.

One Strand Of Psychotherapy Is Certainly To Help Relieve Suffering, Which Is A Genuine Medical Concern. If Someone Is Bleeding, You Want To Stop The Bleeding. Another Medical Aspect Is The Treatment Of Chronic Complaints That Are Disabling In Some Way. And Many Of Our Troubles Are Chronic. Life Is Chronic. So There Is A Reasonable, Sensible, Medical Side To Psychotherapy.

I Like To Imagine A Person's Psyche To Be Like A Boardinghouse Full Of Characters. The Ones Who Show Up Regularly And Who Habitually Follow The House Rules May Not Have Met Other Long-term Residents Who Stay Behind Closed Doors, Or Who Only Appear At Night. An Adequate Theory Of Character Must Make Room For Character Actors, For The Stuntmen And Animal Handlers, For All The Figures Who Play Bit Parts And Produce Unexpected Acts. They Often Make The Show Fateful, Or Tragic, Or Farcically Absurd.

Depression Opens The Door To Beauty Of Some Kind.