Alice Miller Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.”

“We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood.”

“Regression to the stage of early infancy is not a suitable method in and of itself. Such a regression can only be effective if it happens in the natural course of therapy and if the client is able to maintain adult consciousness at the same time.”

“Nobody is born evil.”

“Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.”

“Today I should not be identified with any kind of regressive therapy.”

“It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.”

“There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.”