Psychologists are itinerant, so they are often not there for the damage their trade causes. The big issue is when they keep telling us to “cognitively reframe” things it often does more harm than good. For example, if someone is bullying you it’s not about you being a soft target, it’s about the bully’s insecurities. Maybe you have an expensive enough brain to perform that reframe. But a good portion of people will consciously perform the reframe but subconsciously will realize the reframe is a lie. So they end up split down the middle and do worse than if they hadn’t attempted the reframe at all.

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