*smile*..well, I think Sherlock had a point, only you & I 'might' differ about the way we decide when " ...all other explanations are ruled out..."

Indeed...I will easily concede that in therapy, concepts can be employed, (metaphorically, I would hope) that do not necessarily pass a 'reality litmus test'!

Yeah, we obviously do approach certain issues from different ummmm...directions, but I don't quite like lumping it all together as "opinon".....Galileo's "it still moves" says pretty clearly that some opinions remain flatly wrong, no matter how fervently they are held, or by whom. The corollary is that "not all opinions can be RIGHT simultaneously" unless you allow unlimited equivocation about personal definitions. (I wish I had a $ for every time someone has said "well, it's true for ME!")(and another $ for every time I bit my tongue and didn't try to explain it..*grin*)

ah, well....I take comfort in my 'personal' interpretation of Yogi Berra's aphorism..."If folks are gonna stay away in droves, you can't make 'em!"