Think Like a Therapist: Six Life-Changing Insights for Leading a Good Life

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We constantly try to balance work life and home life, self-interests and family interests, emotions and intellect, exercise and rest, indulgence and moderation, earning and spending, and self-discipline and desire. As he matured a behavior pattern emerged where he resisted being controlled by anyone or anything in his life. In this regard, the pattern informed the situation and what looked like a budgeting problem on the surface was actually a problem of handling the restriction of a budget on a deeper level. Letting go of control has never been one of Reece's finest skills, and right now, Reece is hardly keeping it together since nothing at all—except maybe the frequency with which they have sex—is under Reece's control.

They turn up with problems – failing relationships, stalled careers, conflicts, feelings of upset – that all seem very real to them in the moment.

We tend to skip over obvious insights for deeper explanations, unconscious motivations, and more complicated solutions. We learn to enjoy the journey of life not only for what we achieve and its material success but simply for becoming ourselves and the excitement and challenge of personal growth. In your office, they each present their case and then look expectantly at you to say something intelligent.

Sometimes we capture balance for a day or week and then find our momentum moving us away from the center point. Chances are, you will eventually discover something like Morgan is afraid that their relationship and sex life will slowly disintegrate.THINK LIKE A THERAPIST will enrich the process of self-development for anyone in a way that is made possible only by his depth and wealth of understanding the human condition.