In Praise of Perfectionism

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Stephen Diamond

Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D. is a clinical and forensic psychologist. He is the founder of the Center for Existential Depth Psychology, and author of the book Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity.

By Stephen Diamond

Published on 11/13/2007

Perfectionism has taken a bum rap. Were it not for perfectionism, we would be in short supply of all those myriad human activities we deem extraordinary, excellent, outstanding or great in quality.