אגרות קודש חלק ט״ו עמוד רכב, רלז, אג״ק חלק ט׳ ע׳ שג, ליקוטי שיחות חלק ל״ו עמוד שכד, שכה, שכו, לקו״ש חלק כ״א, עמוד 436, חלק ל״ט ע׳ שכד. For English letters See “Healthy in Body Mind and Spirit” from Sichos In English copyright 2007, pages 23, 82, 117, 162, 181, 200, 201, 210, 215, 224, 227, 228 and 236

When did the Rebbe ever encourage people to seek psychotherapy??

Tanya addressses the Nefesh Elokis. Secular books address the Nefesh Hasichlis. Never heard of this method, but Do you have any data suggesting that this method would not work as well for 80% of Jews?

I read in a self help book written by a prominent psychotherapist that the proper way to handle unhealthy anger is by squeezing the scattered barking into an “assertive” bullet. You calmly but firmly get your point across in a healthy effective manner. That is against what Tanya calls for in the end of chapter 12 (zero tolerance).

Just because statistics prove it works for 80 percent of humans does not mean it works for couples of the Jewish race who feature the trait of sensitivity. Researchers simply do not have sufficient data culled from this isolated population to reach any meaningful conclusion.

Unless you don’t believe in the lore that we are different. But you can’t argue with genetics.

The article says:
“The text of the Rebbe’s response as transcribed at the time by Rabbi Lipskar”

The Rebbe may have been more cautious with self-help books because they can see unholy things and also possibly be misinterpreted. An actual human therapist has less of that concern, as seen from the multiple letters where the Rebbes encourages people to seek psychotherapy, but never encourages reading, self-help books.

That is why the Rebbe wrote that he should consult “true Torah leaders.” People consult in unqualified rabbis instead of real rabbonim and then they are upset when it doesn’t work out.

Just as there are qualified and unqualified doctors, the same is true with rabbonim. You need to find the qualified people.

Perhaps those people have a hard time understanding this, because they have real life experience with their children, themselves, their spouses, or others, and have followed the directives of Rabbis’ advice on topics they’re not trained to handle with disastrous results

You’re absolutely correct. There seems to be an entire group of people who are so attached to secularism that they can’t be open to the possibility that this is wrong.

Kudos to Anash.org for keeping the truth alive!

It doesn’t matter what you call them. The Rebbe says not to take advice from any “outside books” (ספרי חיצוניים) and instead to go to Torah leaders.

It’s surprising how some people have such a hard time accepting this, and feel the need to twist and reinterpret the Rebbe’s clear words.

From Google translate (and you can also check a dictionary):

necessary
הֶכְרֵחִי, נָחוּץ, צָרִיך, חִיוּנִי, מְחוּיָב הַמְצִיאוּת
needed
נָחוּץ
required
דָרוּשׁ, נָחוּץ, מְבוּקָשׁ
essential
חִיוּנִי, הֶכְרֵחִי, מַהוּתִי, יְסוֹדִי, נָחוּץ, תַמצִיתִי
needful
נָחוּץ, חִיוּנִי, דָרוּשׁ, צָרִיך
requisite
נָחוּץ, דָרוּשׁ
immediate
מִיָדִי, נָחוּץ
urgent
דָחוּף, בָּהוּל, נָחוּץ
imperative

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צורך = need

צורך is a very commonly used word in the Rebbe’s responses, and yet, he does not use it here.

ואם יש נחיצות בזה יתייעץ עם רב מוה”ר המכירו

Regardless of the exact translation of נחיצות,
the Rebbe’s instruction is the same, discuss with etc.
Thus the Rebbe’s answer is stand alone strict, in this matter, regardless of exact translation…

נחיצות can definitely mean urgency as opposed to צורך which means need

Rabbi Lipskar’s case was about general life issues, not education in the narrow sense.

ואם יש נחיצות בזה

“If you see an urgency to do so” vs.
“If there is a need for this”

Miles apart in application.

The correct word choice for lechapes is “seek” not “look” and nechitzus is “need” not “urgency”.