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Think of it. When our car breaks down and we take it for repair, we
want a mechanic who has a scientific basic knowledge of its parts
and internal operations. We also want one who can find our
particular problem. We worry if we see that his(her) own vehicle is
in disrepair. And if he misperceives our badly-behaving beast and
takes a dislike to it, we worry more. And if the vehicle is our
mind, and the service person a mental health specialist, and we
come late and surly for our initial appointment, we want him(her)
to realize that he has just witnessed the first sign of its
malfunction. Of course a friendly relationship would be welcome,
but that is not our primary desire. With deep and lovely years to
spend and miles to go before we end, it's reliable transportation
we're after. So is it impossible to achieve a level of expertise
that could help us get it? Yes, there are differences. The human
mind was not conceived and built by an engineer who could rhyme off
its intricacies at will. But scientific clinical studies of its
after-creation states could lead to such. Botanists and zoologists
have developed testable theories of phenomena that they did not
produce. During his medical training, Dr. Harry M. Anderson was
inspired by the apolitical curiosity, courage, and determination of
the scientists he encountered, and he carried their example into a
career in the psychoanalytic domain. It led him to test the
definability of its concepts and the predictive capability of its
principles, and methods for doing so during treatments were
developed. Some held up to validation procedures while others did
not, and a reliable body of theory began to emerge from the work.
As it proved repeatedly accurate in sessions with patients, he
applied it in a parallel analysis of self after his training
analysis. Then, new research data emerged from several sources to
expand its range, and as the roots of some of life's most severe
symptoms were reached and dismantled, the goal of providing
"complete analyses" became more than possible. It also became
apparent that unsuspected artistic creative potentials could be
released in self and others; and that theoretically-informed
analyses could create extensive ripple effects in families, career
situations, marriages, and friendships. None of his specific
research was planned, but retrospective notations revealed that
each had followed naturally upon the one before. Initial offerings
had energized the curious part of his mind and pulled the rest of
it with them.
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