There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to anything the other person has to say.

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history.

The achievement of freedom is hardly possible without the felt mourning. This ability to mourn, i.e, to give up the illusion of a happy childhood, can restore vitality and creativity if a person is able to experience that he was never loved as a child for what he was, but for his achievements, success and good qualities. And that he sacrificed his childhood for this love, this will shake him very deeply.

If a mother respects both herself and her child from his very first day onward, she will never need to teach him respect for others.