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...want a book for singles, he'll oblige. But though his intentions may be honorable and though any number of people swear by his methods, his sketchy credentials and entrepreneurial energies have some mental-health professionals more than a little concerned. "Couples relationships are incredibly complex," says Anna Beth Benningfield, president-elect of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. "To tell a couple to go read this book and do this one thing and you'll be fine is very misleading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOWER OF PSYCHOBABBLE | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...Abington, Pa., Browder Benningfield charged that Catherine Cairns "had destroyed the peace of the neighborhood ... and that verbal attacks from her had made life miserable for the residents. Her actions made life miserable during the night as well as during the day. for she did not cease even when darkness came." Catherine Cairns was arrested as a common scold, clapped in jail to mend her talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 13, 1932 | 6/13/1932 | See Source »

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