Further Archeological and Ethnological Findings on the Obscure, Late 20th Century, Quasi-Religious Earth Group Known as "the Therapists" (A Fantasy About the Future of Psychotherapy).

Abstract

This article reviews the history of the field of therapy from the perspective of an extraterrestrial archeological survey team. By the time of their visit in the distant future, a collision between a comet and the planet Earth has wiped out civilization as a whole. The group discovers, however, that the field of mental health died out long before this cataclysm. A scheme for classifying the various schools of therapy is developed on the basis of the aliens’ understanding of Earth religions and philosophical traditions. The emergence and eventual disappearance of the field is then explored and explained according to principles of evolutionary biology (including overpopulation, ecological competition, assimilation, and genetic drift).

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