Episodes

Friday May 24, 2019
The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – 05.22.19
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
This hour with my guest, author Jeffrey Masson PhD, was so stunning, I am going to do a series of shows with him, much as I did in 2015. Jeffrey shook the psychoanalytic world when his book Assault on Truth showed that Freud knew that his patients had been sexually abused but hid the truth to further his career. Then, having been trained as a psychoanalyst, he took on the entire psychotherapy establishment, observing that no one can be taught empathy and that licensing professional talkers was doing more harm than good. Then, having endured enough attack on himself, he turned to writing bestselling books about animals including When Elephants Weep and Dog’s Never Lie About Love. (The animal behavioral establishment railed against him for humanizing dogs.) In this wonderful hour, we talk about life, about birds and trees, and energy and courage, about how and why some people see through shams into the truth. We both loved our time together; I hope you will, too. Jeff lives in Australia, so this is a real opportunity to hear this thoughtful, courageous man.
6 years ago
just bought Jeffery's book. i went vegetarian after following my retired care coordinator on facebook and tried being vegan for a few weeks but couldnt have a decent cup of tea or buy a cheese substitute and i cook a lot with butter so cant stick to being vegan just yet. since i have gone vegetarian about 8 weeks ago i find now my mental health has improved and i have more energy and i eat no animal or fish. also i have two wonderful tabby cats and they are loving and part of my family and my son too has a short haired black and white tom called digit. charlie and pinto were rescue cats and they are just amazing. i love animals so much. the other day pinto caught a bird in my garden and i wrote a poem about it : annesgoodpoems.wordpress.com. - Little Bird. please consider watching David Attenborough on YouTube and my nurse Tony was at the Extinction Rebellion protests in London earlier this month. Population increase is our biggest problem. Thank you for another wonderful show.