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Victims begins with the statement: |
Psychology presents itself as a concerned and caring
profession working for the good of its clients, but the effects are
damaged people, divided families, distorted justice, destroyed companies,
and a weakened nation. Behind the benevolent facade is a self-serving
industry that offers 'facts' which are often unfounded, provides 'therapy'
which can be damaging, and exerts influence which is having devastating
effects on society. The foundation of psychology, its questioning
and critical thinking, if it was not always an illusion, has been
abandoned in favour of power and profit, leaving only the guise of
integrity, a show of arrogance and a financial bottom line. What seemed
once a responsible profession is now a big business whose success
is directly related to how many people become "users". |
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it
concludes with:
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Those within the Psychology Industry, as well as those
outside, have cautioned it, criticized it, warned it; and yet it remains
unchanged, going about business in its customary way. The Psychology
Industry can neither reform itself from within nor should it be allowed
to try. It should be stopped from doing what it is doing to people,
from manufacturing victims. And while the Psychology Industry is being
dismantled, people can boycott psychological treatment, protest the
influence of the Psychology Industry and resist being manufactured
into victims. And they can wonder what would happen if philosophy
took back the issues of 'soul' (psyche) and 'meaning', science took
back the study of the body and behaviour, friendship took back its
place as the source of consolation and encouragement, and everyone,
fabricated victims included, took back their own private lives. |
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in between
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following chapters:
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