I submit that all psychotherapy is manipulation; that as ps… - Lucius Shepard

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I submit that all psychotherapy is manipulation; that as psychiatrists we do not heal people, but manipulate their neuroses into functional modes.

Lucius Shepard

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Lucius Shepard (21 August 1943 – 18 March 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism.

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