JK Rowling on CBC Newsworld tonight

[anne_t_squires]

 "Tonks"  wrote:

> As to Rowling and her current husband, I would expect with all of 
> the money that she made, she probably had some therapy, or maybe 
> somehow just learned from the past. I don't know. And they haven't 
> been married that long yet, so we really don't know do we? Or care, 
> for that matter. ;-)
> 
> Tonks_op
>
Anne T. Squires:

If her relationship with her husband has an affect on your
position/argument then we care.  I mean, we care in the sense that it
can help refute or validate what you are arguing; we care in a purely
academic sense of the word.  I would like to point out that JKR has
been married to her current husband since December 2001, so just over
six years then.  That seems like a fairly long time to me.  They have
two children together.  The marriage appears happy and healthy.  But,
who knows; appearances can be deceiving.

As far as Freudian psychoanalysis is concerned I'd like to point out
that although Freud's theories were influential, they came under
widespread criticism during his lifetime and afterward. I am certainly
not an expert. I have taken a few psych courses in my time.  I was
also in therapy for a while with a doctor who did not not use a
Freudian approach.  But, as I said I'm no expert when I comes to
psychiatry.  I would like to say this though.  Freud's theories are
highly controversial.  Many people do not buy into them; I am one of
those people.

Anne