“If our methods are so bad,” asked Dr. Weinburger harshly, “then why do any of our patients improve at all?” “Because we’ve encouraged them to play new roles,” Dr. Rhinehart answered promptly. “Primarily the role of ‘being honest,’ but also the roles of feeling guilty, having sinned, being oppressed, discovering insights, being sexually liberated and so on. Of course, the patient and therapist are under the illusion that they are getting at true desires, when in fact they are only releasing and developing new and different selves.
