Psychoanalyst Questions His Profession

An interview with a leading psychoanalyst who questions why some in his end of the therapy field are more focused on getting to self-awareness as opposed to symptom-free lives, among other things. Another fine piece from Ben Carey at the New York Times.

Keep in mind that this type of analysis was pretty much the dominant paradigm in pscyhiatry and psychology until the 1980s, when the great shift to biological psychiatry took place. Are we better off? I don't think so. Does psychoanalysis suck? Oh, yes. And, also, note that psychoanalysis isn't the saem as the various behavioral therapies, especially CBT. This is old-school Freudian shit.