Why Treating the Surface Never Quite Works: Getting to the Root of Psychological Struggles

Most people who seek therapy are looking for relief. That makes perfect sense. When anxiety keeps someone up at night or depression makes it hard to get out of bed, the natural instinct is to find something that makes the pain stop. But there’s a growing conversation in psychology about whether relief alone is enough, and whether the most common approaches to mental health treatment sometimes miss something crucial by focusing on symptoms rather than their origins.… Read more