[lbo-talk] denial

[joanna]

Also interesting that they completely misunderstand what the "therapy" 
is about. It's not about unearthing secrets. There are no secrets. There 
are only feelings that haven't been felt and experiences that haven't 
been processed. The safe therapeutic environment and the paying atention 
allows that to happen. The focus on "interpretation" is just something 
that intellectuals like to chew over. It doesn't really make all that 
much difference.

Joanna

Doug Henwood wrote:


> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> Carl Remick wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  As for intellectual rigor,
>>>  Freudian analysis itself ranks right up there with astrology, 
>>> homeopathy,
>>>  alchemy and phrenology.
>>
>>
>> That is misleading. The parallel is more to creationism and
>> conspicacism. All three insist that they perceive a secret or secrets in
>> the universe which is unavailable to ordinary methods of historical,
>> scientific, or cultural analysis.
>
>
> I love it when two major depressives agree on the status of 
> psychoanalysis.
>
> Doug
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