imp of the mind

When Teresa leaves home to study psychology her father is introduced to a whole new way of thinking. For Teresa, psychology is a way to figure out why parents leave their children. For her father, it is a method used to replace religion and (most importantly) love. Psychology is an explanation as to why the two have failed him in such spectacular ways. The study of the mind is, to him, implaceable; when targeted it seems to diminish any argument aimed against it. In Teresa's father's eyes: invincible. An old man's last obsession.