Many patients are surprised that my cognitive therapy
sessions don’t involve logic puzzles or crosswords. With me, cognitive therapy looks a lot more
like intentional planning for daily life.
Most of the time, the “strategies” I suggest to my patients are
practical habits such as repeating new information to themselves, using
reminders in their environment, or making sure to double- and triple-check
their work. “But I already do those
things,” they protest.
“Of course,” I reply, “these are normal ways of learning and
remembering. But as your body and your
brain are healing, you may find you have to be more intentional about doing
things that once came naturally or automatically to you.”
Maybe the same is true for soul-healing.
