Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00571)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Mic Forster <micforster@y...> 
wrote:
> Steve, do you mean psychoanalysis as a whole or just
> the Freudian interpretation of it?

The major schools of psychotherapy which evolved in the 20th century 
(RET, Gestalt, etc.) were mostly founded by former psycohoanlalysts 
who were fed up with the fact that psychuanalysis does not work.

More specifically,
> do you believe, or those powers who predict the trends
> believe, that Jungian psychology is also on the outer?

Well, yes, and the reason is that psychoanalysts of every stripe 
presume you will spend 20 years vidsiting them a couple or three 
times a week at $200 a crack and there is increasing reluctance to 
pay for something which either does noit work or works when you are 
on your last legs. Jung's theory is not as popular as Freud's except 
among the New Age community.

> If Jung is on the outer do you know, or those powers
> who predict the trends know, what is on the way in?

Unfortunately, one thing that is on the rise is doping people and 
skippinh psychotherapy. That used to be considered malpractice, 
since drugs are intended to provide immediate short-term relief while 
the therapy gets at the root cause. But psychiatrists have figured 
out they can charge as much for five minutes writing a prescription 
as they can for an hour of counseling. It is also a lot less 
draining emotionally on the doctor. If psychotherapy survives in the 
coming century it will be results oriented (meaning objectively 
verifiable results, and not touchy feely stuff), research based, and 
fast. Psychoanalysis does not fit any of those criteria and is 
generally expected to decline.