How Lies Ooze from the Unconscious Mind

The Problem of Falsehoods Emanating from Without and Within (Vol. 2; Issue 27)

The day-in and day-out work of psychoanalytic psychotherapists involves helping individuals to face themselves truthfully. Consider an imaginary patient, Susan. She exited the womb prone to anxiety, and she then endured years of exposure to a distant, critical father. Her propensity for fearfulness combined with the relationship with her father created …