More Stories About the Religion of Psychotherapy

Much good often results when people seek help from psychotherapy but this has little to do with the lies and fantasies that are offered as justifications by the mental health industry for its existence and the fees charged by psychotherapists. I was recently made aware of two studies that purported to show that ordinary "housewives" and "ex-schizophrenics" had similar, if not superior results than Ph.D. psychologists in improving the lot of people seeking help for psychological distress. In today's show I will interpret the results of these findings to suggest that if we strip away the baloney of psychiatric diagnoses and most currently popular types of psychotherapy we are left with the fact that when suffering individuals are offered discussions with non-judgmental, empathic, and understanding individuals in a safe environment where what it said is totally priveleged many folks learn to better deal with their psychological problems.