Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Carl Whitaker

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American psychologist Carl Whitaker.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Carl Whitaker

Carl Alanson Whitaker (1912–1995) was an American physician and psychotherapy pioneer family therapist.

Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without pain is an addiction and the fantasy of perpetual happiness is like the "delusion of fusion."
When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce.
If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals. — © Carl Whitaker
If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.
There are no individuals in the world only fragments of families
As much as I would miss my wife if she were to die, I would miss what we are together even more. Our "we-ness," our "us-ness."
Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves.
I have a theory that theories are destructive.
Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.
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