Broadly the core of western psychotherapy, the rediscovery of self; free of psychic oppression/external forces. Two wonderfully relevant quotes from Adam Phili

Broadly the core of western psychotherapy, the rediscovery of self; free of psychic oppression/external forces. Two wonderfully relevant quotes from Adam Philips, that the author may gain from: > “For the child's curiosity (''this child who can be deranged by hope and anticipation -- by ice cream,'' as Phillips puts it) is the grail for which the adult yearns. When all hope of recovering it, or at least glimpsing it glowing in the distance, vanishes, there is only a terrible emptiness. ''Ecstasy of opportunity'' gives way to a corrosive loss of interest in life.” > "As always, Phillips prefers not to be too direct. (...) Phillips' own writings are prime examples of what we can achieve if we put aside, at least for a moment, the overly sensible -- and set out to discover what really moves us."