The Perfect Normal Person Is Rare In

Because It Corresponds To A Vital Need, Love Is Overvalued In Our Culture. It Becomes A Phantom - Like Success - Carrying With It The Illusion That It Is A Solution For All Problems.

Like All Sciences And All Valuations, The Psychology Of Women Has Hitherto Been Considered Only From The Point Of View Of Men.

Rationalization May Be Defined As Self-deception By Reasoning.

Fortunately Analysis Is Not The Only Way To Resolve Inner Conflicts. Life Itself Still Remains A Very Effective Therapist.

Through The Eclipse Of Large Areas Of The Self, By Repression And Inhibition As Well As By Idealization And Externalization, The Individual Loses Sight Of Himself; He Feels, If He Does Not Actually Become, Like A Shadow Without Weight And Substance.