«Even little children have a pretty good idea of how to play doctor. How do you play psychotherapist?

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Victor Raimy (1950) put it wryly at a 1948 conference on the training of clinical psychologists: Psychotherapy is an undefined technique applied to unspecified cases with unpredictable results. For this technique, rigorous training is required. His quip has since become a banner for a still unsettled war over therapy.»

— Perry London. The Modes And Morals Of Psychotherapy