[lbo-talk] manna for anti-Freudians

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 29 12:24:33 PDT 2005



>From: Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu>
>
>>Amazing. That's almost verbatim from "The Psychiatrist" routine on the
>>original Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner "2000 Year Old Man" album. It
>>featured a psychiatrist (Brooks, of course) discussing his treatment of a
>>young woman with a paper-tearing compulsion. The therapy consisted of
>>telling her over and over: "Don't sit and tear paper!"
>>
>>Carl
>
>Yep. And strangely, it's one of the most effective forms of therapy
>for depression and anxiety (often more effective than anti-depressants
>like Paxil or Prozac)!

Even more amazing! Does that mean therapists are now charging $150/hour or whatever for what's essentially N-cubed therapy (nag, nag, nag)? Most folks can get that free at home.

Carl



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