I shouldn't have produced that quote since the whole thing is just leading things astray it seems. I was just trying to provide an example for the claim I made that finding a connection of love and therapy is part of the history of the field and so not unusual. I did not mean to suggest that Fromm's view is the correct view, because I am clearly saying there is no such thing as a correct view.

I guess once again all I can say is that I am not really understanding what is so problematic about love. I don't for instance see Fromm's sense of what love means is completely off the mark or too broad so therefore meaningless. This is a rather typical way to define love.

To say that people have problems because of lack of love seems only to underscore its importance in healing. The capacity for love is innate and part of survival. Someone who lacks this capacity has become derailed along the way of development, usually by other people.