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Psychotherapy technique for highly capable miserly philosophers:
Psychotherapy involves telling an expert anent being, to some degree, mentally unable to deal with one's problems, and getting their advice on how to become able; so, for those who know theoretically that they are already mentally capable, but are having difficulty making it real, it is possible to play both roles and at the same time avoid hefty psychotherapist's fees, travel time, and the considerable inconvenience of explaining one's history and/or providing ongoing philosophic-psychological training to a psychotherapist over a few months.

An useful technique is to speak into a recorder, then play it back to yourself. It activates different parts of the brain to speak and listen. Articulating it in speech also clarifies the problem. Best of all, there is no interruption to one's thoughts, as an unfamiliarised listening expert would create. The aim is to understand oneself better. To use this technique, I suggest:
- Start the recording with the date, time and theme
- Explain the general problem
- Explain how it plays out in one's everyday life
- Focus on recurrent problematic thoughts / beliefs, and nail down a few choice ones to challenge
- Create one or two thoughts / beliefs that will put one on the path to recovery
- Visualise using the improved thoughts in specific scenarios
- Apply daily until it becomes a new habit   kellyjones00 (593)

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