Psychotherapy as exorcism...I think not...

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Posted by Debbie Nygaard, LCSW (65.198.140.91) on 14:15:13 04/04/05

In today's Schlagbyte, the closing statement was made that "Psychotherapy is just another form of sanctioned exorcism"....h-m-m-m, as a psychotherapist I think differently about this. Exorcism as I understand it is to draw out, or excise, that which is conflictual or evil within you. I see psychotherapy more as an opposite to this. I feel that most often the goal of psychotherapy is to join together that which exists within. To learn to heal detrimental factions of oneself by accepting the part of you that they play and living at peace with that. A child sexually abused, a woman living years in fear, a person in deep greif, cannot have those pains, losses or traumas excised; indeed they are a part of who they are. We are our journey. And there is no removing the journey or the effects of the journey, so better we learn to understand it and find a way to be at peace with it as part of who we are.

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Dr. Carl A. Hammerschlag, M.D., CPAE, psychiatrist and author, is a professional keynote and motivational speaker. He speaks on a variety of topics including healthcare, mind body and spirit, health and wellness, mental healing and leadership. He has delivered motivational and keynote speaches to corporate and business clients around the world.