Today, our search lands us in conversation with Phyllis E. Leavitt, a psychotherapist and author whose insights into the human condition challenge us to reflect on our own lives and the oh-so-moral fabric of our national well-being.

Phyllis lovingly explores the pitfalls and possibilities of the human condition. With a career spanning over three decades, she has been a quiet force in the field of psychology, focusing on the impact of family dysfunction and the transformative power of healing.In her latest book, "America In Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis," Phyllis extends the intimate lessons from the therapy room to the vast complexities of a nation in conflict. She invites us to consider how the healing of personal trauma and dysfunction within families could be a blueprint for national and collective recovery.

Through her narrative we are invited to reexamine the intertwined paths of personal and societal health. Phyllis argues that the decline in our collective mental health poses the greatest threat to our survival—as individuals and as a society. Her call to action is not just to heal but to transform how we understand our own roles within the broader human family.

Phyllis’ work is a clarion call to awaken to the cycles of pain and violence that ripple through our lives and across our country. She believes profoundly in the power of psychology not only to interpret the world but to change it—offering hope, fostering peace, and nurturing love in places we might have thought impossible. With her, we explore what it means to bring an entire country to therapy, to heal not just in private rooms but in public spaces and policies. Fellow searchers, today on the Infinite Search, we explore the heart of Phyllis’ message: a vision of America renewed through the healing principles of psychotherapy, inviting each of us to participate in reimagining and reconstructing the narrative of our nation.