Psychology has been a godsend for a Western society mired in neurosis. The whys and wherefores of how this came to be are less important than the fact that it is true: Millions of people have had their lives verifiably improved by traditional psychotherapy, as well as newer approaches like cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), somatic therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, and integral psychotherapy.
Less praiseworthy are various New Age therapies, which if we take them in good faith and at face value, are attempts to bring New Age teachings into the world of psychotherapy. Much as why Western society needs psychotherapy is outside the purview of this article, so is the question of whether or not New Age therapy is actively malicious, simply bad news, or something else. Guessing at the motivations of any person or movement is a fool’s errand. But what we can say definitively is what New Age therapies have done.
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