To the several readers who have emailed in to say that on the basis of

today’s column they are worried about my tendency: The Therapeutic Society

gives me the creeps. My wife worries about me; my accountant worries about

me (I hope); my dentist worries about me. I don’t want strangers worrying

about me. If you disagree with my opinions, my preferences are, in order:

1. Reasoned argument.

2. Venomous abuse.

3. Expressions of concern.