For over 25 years, Ronald Wiegand's socio-philosophical reflections have spanned the field of psychotherapeutic theory formation. Critically referencing Alfred Adler, the first dissident of psychoanalysis, he addresses the historical-philosophical beliefs of "deep" psychologies and reveals substitute religious patterns. The concept of progress and its attendant term "regression" are questioned, as is the claim to secure moral order as a "science.".