ABSTRACT
New patients often will say they have decided to invest in psychotherapy. They imagine therapy as a problem-solving process, a removal of the obstacles for the homo economicus to function flawlessly. In the economic model, therapy becomes a method to maximize libidinal investments, a diversification of one's spiritual portfolio. The hysteric's body is all that is left for her as a means by which to communicate. The cultural milieu has failed violent men and hysterical women in the transmission of the most important legacy from one generation of humans to the other: a large repertoire of words to express oneself. A cognitive-behavioral therapy does not need the exploration of the unconscious; it is a form of education in human relations. Depth psychologists hold the reciprocal prejudice, depicting cognitive-behavioral therapies as a quick fix dictated by managed care. The glory of money is such that constantly led to believe that if only had enough of it, everything would be better.
