This paper builds on its three immediate predecessors – [a] on irrationality, [b] on how a mere two
sessions eliminated 17 years of panic attacks, and [c], on how violence, femicide and war, defy logic.
These three health-revitalising themes are here reinforced, using the novel concept of “child-perils” –
i.e. terrors which persist long into adulthood, where, by definition, they are already 100% out-of-date.
Every human infant, without exception, comes into this troubled world, quadriplegic – suckling being
the one and only action any neonate, whomsoever, can reliably accomplish, unaided. Weaning on to
“solid” food is a challenge every child and every parent must not only face, but overcome, if the infant
and our species is to thrive. Being weaned emotionally, commonly spoken of as “standing on your own
two feet”, is here termed “Healing Childhoods” – a process of emotional maturation even more vital,
if our species is to survive. The paper then summarises outcomes with 30 individuals, as reported by
trainees, generally after a single session. What is striking, is that though their training entailed as little
as 6 months’ weekly webinars, the success rate they report reaches over 90% – an outcome unheard
of (and this paper would argue, unobtainable) via conventional approaches – i.e. until psychiatry is
“cured”. The paper concludes, by re-emphasising the unavoidable need for the non-medical public, to
step up and insist that doctors and policy-makers acknowledge the dire role that child-perils do play,
and will continue to play, not only in mental healthcare – but throughout social, indeed global affairs.
