“The More Difficult War Within”

Soon May was in transition from the ministry to becoming a psychotherapist. He enrolled in a counseling program at Teachers College, Columbia University, and did coursework at a new psychoanalytic institute. Tillich introduced him to many German émigrés: Kurt Goldstein, Erich Fromm, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. His mentor also involved him in a private seminar on psychology and religion. May also wrote articles for various popular religious journals to bolster spirits during the war. He himself was disqualified from the draft because of a heart murmur.