I have generally been of the view that therapy is important for rationality [1, 2], and this articulation of the goal of therapy as being about “getting people unstuck” feels like a framing that is particularly compatible with the rationalist project: after all, if “rationality is about winning”, then getting unstuck and solving your previously-unsolvable problems is quite necessary for winning!
I generally liked getting a historical look at how therapy has evolved and what might then be called the “approaches for getting unstuck”, and particularly appreciated getting it from someone who’s actually a trained and working therapist—a profession I’d like to see represented more on LW. Though the post could have gone into more detail on it, the four philosophies suggest four different ways for trying to solve your own problems, which I expect to be helpful for e.g. people looking for a good therapist or ideas on how to solve their issues.
Curated.
I have generally been of the view that therapy is important for rationality [1, 2], and this articulation of the goal of therapy as being about “getting people unstuck” feels like a framing that is particularly compatible with the rationalist project: after all, if “rationality is about winning”, then getting unstuck and solving your previously-unsolvable problems is quite necessary for winning!
I generally liked getting a historical look at how therapy has evolved and what might then be called the “approaches for getting unstuck”, and particularly appreciated getting it from someone who’s actually a trained and working therapist—a profession I’d like to see represented more on LW. Though the post could have gone into more detail on it, the four philosophies suggest four different ways for trying to solve your own problems, which I expect to be helpful for e.g. people looking for a good therapist or ideas on how to solve their issues.