Overview

Americans have traditionally placed great value on self-reliance and fortitude. In recent decades, however, we have seen the rise of a therapeutic ethic that views Americans as emotionally underdeveloped, psychically frail, and requiring the ministrations of mental health professionals. Today---with a book for every ailment, a lawsuit for every grievance and a TV show for every conceivable problem---we are at risk of degrading our native ability to cope with life's challenges. Drawing on established science and common sense, Christina Sommers and Dr. Sally Satel reveal how ""therapism"" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives, with a host of troubling consequences, including: *The myth of stressed-out, homework-burdened, hyper-competitive, and depressed schoolchildren in need of therapy and medication *The loss of moral bearings in our approach to lying, crime, and addiction *The unasked-for ""grief counselors"" who descend on bereaved families, schools, and communities following a tragedy Intelligent, provocative, and wryly amusing, One Nation Under Therapy demonstrates that ""talking about"" problems is no substitute for confronting them.

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"""Sommers and Satel have written an important book that should be widely read. Their analysis of the baneful consequences of narcissism and self-absorption is a powerful critique."" --George Will, The Washington Post ""Sommers and Satel have written an important book that should be widely read. Their analysis of the baneful consequences of narcissism and self-absorption is a powerful critique."" --Diane Ravitch, author of The Language Police ""There are countless reasons to celebrate the new book One Nation Under Therapy. "" --Andrew Ferguson, Bloomberg.com"

Sommers and Satel's book is a summons to the sensible worry that national enfeeblement must result when therapism replaces the virtues on which the republic was founded---stoicism, self-reliance, and courage. <br>---George Will, The Washington Post <br> Sommers and Satel have written an important book that should be widely read. Their analysis of the baneful consequences of narcissism and self-absorption is a powerful critique. <br>---Diane Ravitch, author of The Language Police <br> <br> There are countless reasons to celebrate the new book One Nation Under Therapy, <br>---Andrew Ferguson, Bloomberg.com

Sommers and Satel's book is a summons to the sensible worry that national enfeeblement must result when therapism replaces the virtues on which the republic was founded---stoicism, self-reliance, and courage. ---George Will, The Washington Post Sommers and Satel have written an important book that should be widely read. Their analysis of the baneful consequences of narcissism and self-absorption is a powerful critique. ---Diane Ravitch, author of The Language Police There are countless reasons to celebrate the new book One Nation Under Therapy . ---Andrew Ferguson, Bloomberg.com

Sommers and Satel have written an important book that should be widely read. Their analysis of the baneful consequences of narcissism and self-absorption is a powerful critique.--George Will, The Washington Post

Sommers and Satel's book is a summons to the sensible worry that national enfeeblement must result when therapism replaces the virtues on which the republic was founded---stoicism, self-reliance, and courage. <br>---George Will, The Washington Post <br>&nbsp;<br> Sommers and Satel have written an important book that should be widely read. Their analysis of the baneful consequences of narcissism and self-absorption is a powerful critique. <br>---Diane Ravitch, author of The Language Police <br> &nbsp; <br> There are countless reasons to celebrate the new book One Nation Under Therapy . <br>---Andrew Ferguson, Bloomberg.com

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Christina Hoff Sommers is the author of Who Stole Feminism? and The War Against Boys and is the editor of Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life, one of the most popular ethics textbooks in the country. Dr. Sally Satel is a practicing psychiatrist and a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine. She is the author of PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine. Both authors are resident scholars at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

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