Elliot D Cohen, one of the principal founders of 'philosophical counselling' in the United States, reveals how you can attain genuine insight into the common confusions of everyday life by harnessing your own native powers of reason. This realistic, no-nonsense, and drug-free approach to 'rational medicine', in the tradition of Aristotle, walks you through some of the most injurious and offending fallacies of life, and arms you with many common-sense prescriptions for attaining greater freedom and control over your life.