What are your qualifications for writing a book on Therapy?

Formally? None. But really? We’ve been knocked around. We’ve worshiped at the altar of the guru du jour. We’ve read dozens of tediously s#!%%y self-help books.

They led me to the brink of financial ruin. They got me to accept, parse, and judge people. They let me think I was OK, that I was morally superior and enlightened because I read a book about time management.

You become a Pollyanna when you read this stuff, not noticing that your results suck because you’re too focused on the process. We’re focused on results: not being insane by continuing to follow the herd. We focus on observation and fact, not on vague feelings. 

Also, the whole Therapy industry goes to great lengths to be needed in order to be sustained. Getting people out of therapy isn’t their goal. It’s about keeping people locked in, dependent, and coming back. No industry is immune to that kind of B.S.

Just read the book and judge for yourself. That’s all we ask. And that you don’t subordinate your brain to someone else.

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