The Henson Journals

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Friday, May 1st, 1925.

The somewhat widespread idea that psycho–therapy and psycho–analysis are synonymous terms is quite erroneous. Psycho–therapy we employ in the treatment of every case with which we meet, while psycho–analysis is a term applied to particular methods of psycho–therapy which are only to be applied in specially selected cases in which other legitimate psychotherapeutic measures have failed to effect a cure.

v. McBride. 'Psycho–Analysts Analysed'. p. 112.

I cleared off an accumulation of letters, and the fell to reading some of the books which had arrived from Rees. McBride's Psycho–Analysts Analysed is an acute criticism of the Freudians.

Mr Spicer, whom I married some years since, writes to ask me to address the work–people of his firm on some kind of annual gathering which is customary on June 8th. He says that £20 or £25 is given to the preacher as an honorarium! I wrote to say that I would come, as I wanted the money for Escombe!

Darwell Stone has a letter in the Times claiming that his position is identical with Colet's.

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