The Washington herald., 1912-05-05

powers which & Is Impossible for them
q possess then they WIN n1iserabiy fail.
The resources OF the human being are
enormous. but Of little use unless learned
and made available. Although both
physical and mental. these cannot be
divorced.
It il this principle OF immense inherent
potsntialIties 10 be made available that
Il utilized by the most learned and sue
cessful practitioners Of psychotherapy.
Vast powers exist IN every rsasonshly
intelligent human being Oftentimes
these energies become Woefully distorted,
submerged. cramped. made Of no effect.
The wise psychOtherapeutist studies the
problem before him with all the knoWi-
exact science. He determines by pre-
else methods and full knowledgs OF Ike
instances. just what the conditions ex-
hiblts and requires. and applies the need
fuI measures Of conservation. Always
success Is In proportion. az are properly
called forth the stores Of power, setting
free the streams OF feeling and thinking
TO flow again. unhindered. along the
channels Of daily life: in short. by deal
permitting the imagination 10 run riot,
or fancffui desires to become rampant.
Purpose IL Explained.
The purpose Of psychotherapy Is TO
convert a disorderIy. inefiicient mind into
an orderly. well-balanced. eficlent one.
II 10 a process Of mental training. II "a.
rather. q rctraining. because the essen
tials Of right training have never been
in any one perfectly attained. Results
follow In proportion as the operator
knows his subject and the patient Is sin
cerely cooperative.
Some minds are well poised. but most
have suffered greater or less derange-
ment In normal responsiveness to exter-
nal and internal impressions. There is
then disharmony between receptivity and
Interpretation, Impulse and determine
ton. Where disharmonies. have become
habitual, not only are thinking and will
ing impaired. but this tends to disinte-
crate the body processes, and disorder
or disease follows Disorders 80 caused
vary in proportion to the character and
progressiveness of the psyehical causes
at work and the susceptibility of the
sensorium. or organ OF thought. to go
astray and to dominate the physical pro-
cesses for good or evil
Must Know Subject.
To use successfully any form Of psy-
chotherapy. the operator must be rea-
sonably familiar with the structure.
functions, and disorders OF both mind
and body. A large acquaintance with
either psychology or medicine win not
suffice. II is essential that the action
and interaction Of each department Of
knowledge be clearly comprehended-
In normal persons there In direct.
clear. instantaneous intercommunication
between that part of the mind which
receives Impressions and that which Is
conscious Of them. II is upon the IN
formation received by one part OF the
mind from the other that q correct con-
ception IL based OF our physical status
and other vital phenomena, ana by this
means our decisions and actions are de-
termined- When the communication Is
normal between the observing, the re-
ceptive reasoning mind. and the beiiev-
ing. deliberative. or reflective conscious
OF thinking. feeling. and doing. When
this communication is interrupted or
broken, or coordination is imperfect.
then begin hesitation. doubt. fear, de-
preston. incompetency, or mental an
guish. Mental distress OF indecision Is
due not to lack ofsnervous force SO much
as to waste to prodIgaIity OF effort, bad
habits. inexact methods-''billiard-bal
ratiocination" This whiri OF ineffective
forces is. moreover. cruelty exhaustive.
Hence arise asthenias or weaknesses
The mind then surrendsrs and no longer
fights, so brain-control is vit.ated or lost.
10 Be onnoluded in nsxt Sundays iasue.-swha1
We Can do for the Nervous"