“Hence, psycho-therapy can only be based on an individualistic psychology. that is, should strive to adjust the individual to himself, which means enable him to accept himself. Such self-acceptance, regardless of the ‘milieu’, does not imply resignation; it rather signifies a new start, making it possible for the individual to do the best with himself in and with his environment.”
Otto Rank, “Beyond
Psychology”, 1941, p. 51.
“But one
must remind theologians and ministers that in the fight against the anxiety of
guilt by psychotherapy the idea of acceptance has received the attention and
gained the significance which in the Reformation period was to be seen in
phrases like ’forgiveness of sins’ or ‘justification through faith’. Accepting acceptance though being unacceptable
is the basis for the courage of confidence.”
Paul Tillich.
“The Courage to Be”, 1952, Third edition, p.151,152.
G. Goslaw
Landers, Ca
