Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Judson Carroll's avatar

My mom is a retired psychologist... she has utter disdain for modern, secular phycology and blames the field for most of our society's social problems.

Expand full comment
Michael Joseph Carzon's avatar

My problem with modern psychology/psychiatry/psychoanalysis (and whatever I missed) is...it exists. During the secularization of the West, any concept of both God and the devil working in one's life as well as the acknowledgement of the tripartite soul went straight out the proverbial window. Therefore, possession, oppression, generational curses, and black magic were no longer on the table for discussion when trying to help a patient. Rather it seems that we were told that the power to be better lay in us (no spirituality required), as "treatments" became a vehicle for affirmations-at-all-costs and other spiritually unhealthy things. If we really need to talk something out, a wise spiritual director or trusted friend seem much more worthwhile.

Expand full comment
11 more comments...

No posts