WEEKEND COLUMNISTS In the wake of the subprime crisis and the stock market slide, counselling and psychotherapy services have been quick with offers of help for those dealing with the fall-out.
A generation or two ago, discussion of one’s personal problems was more commonly done in the public house, with a priest or parson, or with friends and family. This does not necessarily mean that it was ideal or even helpful. But is acquiring a professional ear for life’s troubles any better?
