Perhaps without realizing it, we now find ourselves living in a unique time compared to all of human history. No generation has ever had such an abundance of material goods at their fingertips. Food, transportation, communication, and all kinds of entertainment flood a saturated marketplace, every one promising to make us «happy.» Yet in the midst of such plenty many people are experiencing distress and a growing sense of sadness–in spite of all their possessions. Material and technological...
Most consumers of mental health services assume that psychology developed as a bias-free social science, with research data driving theory and practice. This view is greatly flawed, as virtually all of the key theorists advanced their views based primarily on observations, personal insights, and «beliefs.» These thinkers held a hostile view of faith, dismissing religious values as a sign of mental illness. While psychotherapy literally means «care of the soul,» mental health treatment largely...
