Before therapists and medication, were kids better off working out mental health problems for themselves?
That’s the question explored by psychotherapist Erik Kobell in today’s New York Times Cases column, which was inspired by a bar patron who overheard Dr. Kobell’s conversation with a fellow therapist.
“I can tell you one thing,” he announced, as I recall. “Back in my day, you didn’t have young kids going around talking to shrinks. . . .Back in my day, kids were kids! We worked out our problems on our own. We didn’t go crying to some stranger with a whole bunch of initials after his name.”
But were kids better off working things out for themselves? To learn more, read the full column, “Fake Nostalgia for a Pre-Therapy Past” and then join the discussion.
