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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Oftentimes, for these people (including myself), such a technique simply does not work for them. From what I can gather, their psychological stress comes from a place of philosophical distress. Psychologists need to be able to recognise whether this is indeed the case
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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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Have you read MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl? It's an attempt to (at least partially) do that––short and well worth the read!
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Ah unfortunately I haven’t yet. But I’ve heard many good things:) I’ll get around to it some day soon
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