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One strand of psychotherapy is certainly to help relieve suffering, which is a genuine medical concern. if someone is bleeding, you want to stop the bleeding. another medical aspect is the treatment of chronic complaints that are disabling in some way. and many of our troubles are chronic. life is chronic. so there is a reasonable, sensible, medical side to psychotherapy.
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One Strand Of Psychotherapy Is Certainly To

James Hillman
One strand of psychotherapy is certainly to help relieve suffering, which is a genuine medical concern. if someone is bleeding, you want to stop the bleeding. another medical aspect is the treatment of chronic complaints that are disabling in some way. and many of our troubles are chronic. life is chronic. so there is a reasonable, sensible, medical side to psychotherapy.
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