I have not read the article, but the post reminded me of the following:
• "Woody Allen in the movie "Annie Hall" tells Annie he has been seeing an analyst for 15 years. She exclaims, "15 years?!" To which he replies, "I'm going to give him one more year, and then I'm going to Lourdes." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes . Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2010 12:20:36 PM Subject: [tips] Therapy Addiction There is a curious article on the NY Times website with the title "My Life in Therapy" whose author describes her lifelong (since age 10) "involvement" with therapy, typically talk therapy of a Freudian or psychoanalytic nature; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/magazine/08Psychoanalysis-t.html?pagewanted=all Although the author tries to make clear what it is she has been searching for in therapy, it is not at all clear to me that she really had needed all those years of therapy. Perhaps one of her therapist should have simply said "This is life. Get used to it." but that might have been too directive. Then again, perhaps the process of being in therapy had become an addiction and life without it would be too painful. I would probably advise the author to put "Tokyo Story" on the old DVD player and ponder the exquisite sweetness and sadness of life. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=4068 or send a blank email to leave-4068-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4071 or send a blank email to leave-4071-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
