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...

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

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...

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?

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

Recent years have seen a flood of books and articles pushing the notion that Americans are emotionally damaged. Please.

A lesson from 9/11 is that therapists must find a balance between letting people know help is available and suggesting that they need help when they do not.

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