Can therapy makes things worse?

It is actually normal to occasionally feel bad or worse after therapy, especially during the beginning of your work with a therapist. It can be a sign of progress. As counterintuitive as it may sound, feeling bad during therapy can be good.

Can you be too smart for your own good?

It’s good to be smart, but someone who is “too smart for their own good” — it’s in the phrase. It’s intelligence that is working against your own happiness. As they say, sometimes “ignorance is bliss.”

Can a person ever be too smart?

Intelligence matters for leaders, but depending on who is being led, it is entirely possible to be too smart for one’s own good. The Curvilinear Effect of Intelligence on Perceived Leadership Behavior,” reports on a study of 379 mid-level managers in seven different multi-national companies.

Our brains are incredible but you can be too smart for your own good. History often warns against what reason alone commends ‘We kid ourselves if we think the highest form of human life is one which leaves our brutish nature behind.’ Photograph: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Alamy

Are therapists in therapy the wrong line of work?

Therapists join this profession to listen to people and help them. Those with good training, experience and self-care know that this process takes time and requires patience. If they lack that knowledge and patience, perhaps they’re in the wrong line of work.

Can you be too clever for cognitive therapy to work?

Cognitive therapy works by challenging our irrational automatic negative thoughts. But if you’re clever, this won’t work, because all you do is come up with ever more elaborate rationalisations for why they are in fact rational after all. This is just one way in which you can be too clever.

How long should you go to therapy for?

In the wellness model, going to therapy is like going to the gym. You go to make a good life better, to reach your potential, and to prevent problems in the future. There’s no mandatory end date for that. Imagine someone saying they’ve gone to the gym regularly for ten years.