The Reverend William F. Lynch (1931–2003) was the author of nine books, including The Integrating Mind: An Exploration into Western Thought and The Image Industries.
“While [Lynch] is learned enough about the literature that my field
(psychiatry) has accumulated during its brief history, scholarship
alone cannot account for his remarkable effectiveness in this
volume. So, I must begin with a statement, which because of its
simplicity is difficult to make cleanly: Father Lynch is genuinely
devoted to our calling. In fact, I suspect he is more devoted than
many of its practitioners who tend, understandably, to be more
quickly discouraged by its deficiencies. In these days of
fashionable get-togethers between religion and psychiatry, I am
impelled to add that he has no wish to proselytize or be
proselytized. In other words, he is the rarest of human beings—the
outsider who can speak as a friend.” —American Journal of
Psychiatry
“Images of Hope, issued out of a harrowing personal experience of
severe mental breakdown, [is] still a classic in the field of
psychological healing. [The Reverend William F.] Lynch knew what it
meant to rise from the dead.” —Commonweal
“For those directly involved with the care of the mentally ill,
Father Lynch offers many valid insights, including the fact that
honest self-disclosure can be infinitely helpful to the patient who
is mesmerized by a perfectionistic or independence ideal carried to
its extreme. It is a thoughtful book from which emanates concern.”
—Journal of Religion and Health
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