Our Tragic Flaw

As a direct result of the thinking in my book and other developments in my life, I have undertaken training to become a licensed psychotherapist in Washington State.

Very likely, this blog will soon begin to reflect my specific interest in that aspect of social change work more than it has in the past.

 I take myself to be in good company: Freud, Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, and Slavoj Žižek--to name a few--all combined a deep interest in human psychology with social commentary.

I take the field of psychology, and specifically psychotherapy, to be on the cutting edge of social change work toward a nonviolent society. The reason for this is simple: nonviolence demands more of us psychologically more than most of us are currently able to give. In this sense, we all need therapy. It is precisely to speak more informatively to this need, and to provide the service itself to clients, that I have undertaken this shift in my focus.

I welcome comments from interested readers. Does therapy represent a significant avenue for social change? Is it too bourgeois? Is it irrelvant? Will it never work? Obviously, I have a certain perspective on these questions. I challenge the reader to formulate your own views and bring them forward. (If enough comments are offered, I may create a forum on this site for further discussion. I hope that happens!)