From Mary Pipher\u2019s Letters to a Young Therapist:
\n\u201cPerhaps because of my training in anthropology, I have always viewed mental health problems as related to the broader environment.\u00a0 Depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse, not to mention hyperactive children and eating disorders, arise from our deeply dysfunctional culture.\u00a0 Who can be healthy in a culture in which children watch movies about hookers and serial killers?\u00a0 How can we expect people to be happy when they don\u2019t know their neighbors, see their extended families, or have time for naps on Sunday afternoons?
\n\u201cAs a culture we are mired deep in denial about our effects on others, on the earth, and on generations to come.\u00a0 We ignore the problems of children, refugees, the aged and the poor.\u00a0 Our media encourage us to live at a surface level, to think about window treatments instead of world peace or our own spiritual needs.\u00a0 We are educated to be compartmentalized.\u00a0 Our culture makes us sick, physically and emotionally.\u201d
\nfrom the Introduction p xvii<\/p>\n
Mary Pipher also wrote Reviving Ophelia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Mary Pipher\u2019s Letters to a Young Therapist: \u201cPerhaps because of my training in anthropology, I have always viewed mental health problems as related to the broader environment.\u00a0 Depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol abuse, not to mention … Continue reading