I’ve encountered a significant number of people who suffer greatly from mental illness yet are unable to pinpoint a cause.
Traditional psychologists are trained to apply cognitive behavioural therapy techniques and identify underlying causes of our behaviour 
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And must have the knowledge to communicate positive life-affirming philosophies to these people. I find it strange how we accept the midlife crisis as something everyone goes through and nothing to be alarmed about. I think it’s an important sign of one realising what’s
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really important, and the extent to which we’re ignoring that. This too is a philosophical problem, and it is also why medication may not work / the person returns to their previous state as soon as they go off. We need to target our solutions, and bring philosophy back.
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Agree w/ this 100 Lately I feel like characterizing my therapy sessions more as 'cooperative explorations of contemporary psychological hypotheses' or something like that haha a bit wordy but the CBT approach alone definitely doesn't cut it for mehttps://twitter.com/distillationsbl/status/1044689643453775877 …
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Oooh I like that
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