Will Americans actively defend the traditional creed of stoicisim and the ideology of achievement, or will they continue to allow the nation to slide into therapeutic self-absorption?

Do Americans need grief counselors, traumatologists, emotional intelligence coaches, and other experts to guide them through the trials of life? Are our children at risk of psychic harm from strict teachers and competitive games like tag and dodge ball? AEI scholars and best-selling authors Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel...

Drawing on established science and common sense, the authors reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives.

Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel discuss the rise of "therapism" in America.

Ours is an era of grief counselors, workshoppers, self-esteem facilitators, and traumatologists, all steeped in "therapism," a powerful modern ethos that encompasses several unfounded assumptions, including the importance of emotional self disclosure to mental health; the need for most people, including school children, to seek psychological help rather than ethical...

Once again, the regulators in California have decided to lead the nation in terms of vehicle emission standards, proposing to require that 15.4 percent of all vehicles sold by 2025 must be electric cars, plug-in hybrid cars, or (currently non-existent) fuel cell cars.

An interview with resident scholarsChristina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel, authors ofOne Nation under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance.

The right kind of mental health treatment for returning veterans is vital.