Therapy is not casting people to the lions in the coliseum, even if some do crave the limelight and temporary glory. We ve lost confidence and confidentiality in psychotherapy.
Therapy is quieter, more private analysis of personal problems.
It s the little boy who tantrums while his parents unwittingly cower. When they re helped back in charge of the family, the boy draws a picture of a monster who s been tamed, and who says thanks. It s the woman who talks a mile a minute. She s been told she is manic and must take medication throughout her life. Gradual conversation reveals that she was raised to never commit the sin of anger.