The Queen of Denial: Might suppressing and even denying your problems be helpful?

Much psychotherapy is based on the whack-a-mole principle: Unless you explore the causes of rather than just tamp-down the problem, it will pop up elsewhere. Indeed, such psychotherapy has helped many people improve their lives or at least gain insight.

But an argument could be made in favor of tamping. I make that argument in my PsychologyToday.com article today. HERE is the link.