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To: Edwarda who wrote (74688)	2/20/2000 10:35:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Okay, fair enough......The main objection that I have to clinical psychology is reductionism. Freudianism is only the most egregious, making psychosexual development the key issue. Adler was clearly right, that much of human motivation is about status, but, again, there has developed an excessive focus on early childhood and the development of "self image". A lot of times, the problem is more sociological (the child bearing the burden of the family's reduction in fortune, inheriting bitterness) or involves more contemporary stressors (coping with unreasonable career expectaions, and the self- destructive behavior that can cause, such as carrying too heavy a course load in college). Also, I do not care for the elimination of moral considerations that many therapists attempt......