Michael Damian, Ph.D.

Stop with the historical determinism. Everything that happened in the past, either to you or to any group of people, does not entirely dictate or explain present circumstances. In fact the past may explain very little.

One of the stereotypes about the psychoanalytic therapy of the last century is that you have to attend several sessions each week, in which you constantly dig up and dwell upon the influence of early childhood events and parental relationships to u...

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