By Jonathan Alpert – In therapy, false relief traps patients in their problems. In politics, it traps cities in decline. Our cities are being run like bad therapy sessions—all processing, no progress.
Therapy works when it builds resilience, agency and accountability. Yet modern therapy too often prizes validating patients’ feelings over pushing them to grow. When that victim mindset drives policy, cities treat solvable problems as existential crises and avoid the hard work of fixing them. Read More