“‘The goal is to assume more responsibility and therefore gain more liberty and more control over one’s own life,’ he said of talk therapy in an interview in 2000 with the Web site Psychotherapy.net. ‘The issues or questions for the patient become to what extent is he willing to recognize his evasions of responsibility, often expressed as “symptoms.”’” (New York Times)
Rest in peace.
FEE Timely Classic
“The Burden of Responsibility” by Thomas Szasz