“All of us, when we engage in relatedness, fall under the gravitational influence of another’s emotional world, at the same time that… — Thomas Lewis Astronomy Copy Share Image
“When anxiety becomes problematic, most people try vainly to think their way out of trouble. But worry has its roots in the… — Thomas Lewis Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Because loving is reciprocal physiologic influence, it entails a deeper and more literal connection than most realize. Limbic regulation affords lovers the… — Thomas Lewis Love Copy Share Image
“The brevity of mini (psycho)therapies is another efficient forestaller of healing. The neocortex rapidly master didactic information, but the limbic brain takes… — Thomas Lewis Healing Copy Share Image
“The dogged implicitness of emotional knowledge, its relentless unreasoning force, prevents logic from granting salvation just as it precludes self-help books from… — Thomas Lewis Books Copy Share Image
“While genes are pivotal in establishing some aspects of emotionality, experience plays a central role in turning genes on and off. DNA… — Thomas Lewis Emotions Copy Share Image
“The United States alone sports an inventive spectrum of psychotherapeutic sects and schools: Freudians, Jungians, Kleinians; narrative, interpersonal, transpersonal therapists; cognitive, behavioral,… — Thomas Lewis Credentials Copy Share Image
“A therapist who fears dependence will tell his patient, sometimes openly, that the urge to rely is pathologic. In doing so he… — Thomas Lewis Freedom Copy Share Image
