An antidote to the prevailing moral masochism of the psychotherapy professions:
"Several months after our final sessions, I reread the story of the Good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke. The parable, well known, concerns a man set upon by thieves and left for dead:
"Several months after our final sessions, I reread the story of the Good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke. The parable, well known, concerns a man set upon by thieves and left for dead:
2/ '[The Samaritan] bound up his wounds... and set him on his own beast & brought him to an inn & took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two coins and gave then to the innkeeper and said unto him, "Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more,
3/ when I come again, I will repay thee."'
'Take care of him," says the Samaritan. He delegates the caretaking of the victim to another! The story of the Good Samaritan is not, as I had vaguely recalled, one of selfless endless availability 'like the 24-hour store.' The biblical
'Take care of him," says the Samaritan. He delegates the caretaking of the victim to another! The story of the Good Samaritan is not, as I had vaguely recalled, one of selfless endless availability 'like the 24-hour store.' The biblical
4/ passage suggests the ethical possibility, even the ethical necessity of doing a finite amount, engaging others to help, and then moving on... [It] points to a balance between concern for self and a concern for others—a lesson for all times."
-Deborah Luepnitz
-Deborah Luepnitz
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