Why can’t we just do therapy on ourselves? Why do we need an external person to help?

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We are a highly-intelligent species and yet we are often not able to resolve or often even recognize the stuff going on in our own heads. Why is that?

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Honestly there is nothing stopping you from picking up a book on any number of therapeutic interventions and applying them to yourself. Only a handful of interventions actually require another person or equipment (EMDR). Most of the time therapists are guiding you through the process because you don’t have time to learn the concepts and science involved, and they do this all day. But you can sure do stuff like CBT on your own.

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