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9/11

The Psychology of 9/11: Perpetrator Motivations and Our Reactions

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Manhattan, New York, April 10, 2016. One World Trade Center (also known as 1 World Trade Center, One WTC 1 and WTC, the current building was dubbed the "Freedom Tower" During initial basework) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center co

Every September, we remember the nearly 3,000 people murdered on September 11, 2001. We also confront a question that is difficult to ask without seeming to excuse the crime: How did the men who planned it come to believe that killing strangers, and dying themselves, was justified? As a psychotherapist, I have thought about that … Read more

September 11, 2010: Remembering 9/11/01 from a Gay Man’s Perspective

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Imagine, just for a moment:  A group of people, motivated by an extreme devotion to their religion, ban together and begin to plan action that expresses their rage against those whom they disagree with on religious, cultural, and social grounds.  They carefully plot a strategy to act out that rage, carefully, systematically, secretly, and determinedly.  … Read more