You might try a different approach, like cognitive behavioral therapy. It's less seductively appealing because it doesn't promise to dig into the root cause of

You might try a different approach, like cognitive behavioral therapy. It's less seductively appealing because it doesn't promise to dig into the root cause of mental health issues, but it's much more scientifically validated. The idea is that you have stimulus->response, and while it's impossible to know root causes, you can identify stimuluses and change the response. Analogous to ML engineering, versus Chomsky for AI. Not as pretty, but (currently) more effective. edit to add - there are good books for CBT and other Positive Psychology approaches. Haidt's Happiness Hypothesis is accessible and interesting; I got good value from that.