Something strange happens in mental health care when the focus stays locked on symptoms. A person learns breathing techniques for panic attacks, develops routines to manage depressive episodes, and builds a toolkit of coping strategies. And yet, months or years later, the same patterns keep showing up. The anxiety shifts its target. The depression lifts and returns. The relationship problems repeat with a new partner. It’s not that coping skills are useless. They aren’t. But when they become the entire treatment, something critical gets missed.… Read more