Psychology is the science of the mind. Isn't it fascinating our mind is so complex, it takes an entire branch of science to try and understand it? And psychology is only concerned with the output of consciousness, or behaviorism. It takes entirely different medical scientific branches to unravel the biological secrets of the mind. In order for a discipline to be respected as a science though, it must posses reliable explanatory power (ie: such as Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation which mathematically explains in quite some detail why objects fall toward the center of the Earth).

Like all sciences, psychology has its controversies. Some suggest the scientific method must be employed in order for a discipline to qualify as science, but it isn't clear what all that method entails. Conversely, physical sciences can be understood as particular modes of explanation as opposed to simply a method. There are, nonetheless, no universal laws in psychology known to be true. All in all, explanatory sketches can provide possible information about how something is derived and the high probability of it's outcome, but that's it. What use, you may then say, is there in a science that cannot be reducible to known laws? There is much use indeed, despite inherent difficulties.

Participants in psychological events are unique. There are a variety of potentialities that are not coequal with philosophical determinism. While events are often entirely predictable with presumptuous over-familiarity, they are often sufficiently unknown in advance to qualify as deterministic. Psychology is a science that offers endless fascination. What really makes people tick? What would it take for you to lay out your thoughts for another and invite objective examination? Can you trust this as a healthy process for unleashing that which is burdening you?