Clinical Psychology Quotes

“The most defensible answer to the question of why therapy works is, We don’t know.”
― Robyn Dawes, House of Cards : Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth

“The aims of safety-ism were noble. They saw that young people were experiencing greater amounts of anxiety, stress, and depression than previous generations and sought to remedy their angst by protecting them from anything that could potentially harm or upset them.

But this is not how the human mind works. The human mind is not fragile—it does not need to be protected and cushioned from the hard surfaces of reality like a vase or piece of fine china. The human mind is antifragile—that is, it gains from discomfort and strain. That means to grow stronger, the human mind needs to regularly be confronted with difficult and upsetting experiences to develop stability and serenity for itself.”
― Mark Manson

“ The Schizophrenia Complex: Archetypal Roots and the Role of Eros ”
― Eve Maram, The Schizophrenia Complex