On Beauty: " I became increasingly aware of how the various forms of beauty can help to heal the human person, particularly in terms of psychological healing. "

True Beauty Satisfies the Human Heart

BY TRENT BEATTIE

After hearing a lecture about the influence beauty can have on mental health, Margaret Laracy, who has a doctorate in psychology, was intrigued enough to look deeper into the subject. She discovered that, contrary to popular opinion, there actually are objective standards for beauty. However, a personal response to that beauty must occur for true appreciation to take place.

Laracy has witnessed the positive effects of natural and artistic beauty in her own clinical practice and instructs others on the topic as an assistant professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington, Va., which is featured annually in the Register’s Catholic Identity College Guide.

She shares how beauty, properly understood and experienced, serves to restore the fullness of the human person.

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