> stare at the elephant in the room, name it, and deal with it. The maker/manager conflict This is actually a component of the primary tool for mild-to-moderat

> stare at the elephant in the room, name it, and deal with it. The maker/manager conflict This is actually a component of the primary tool for mild-to-moderate depression, cognitive-behavorial therapy. The patient has too many problems in working memory* and the first step is the shunt some to another logic processor, Broca's area. So the therapist asks the patient to name their problems. Write them down, and then start chipping away at them. A common method of addressing the problems is to name the worst case and the best case, the consequences, the odds of those each happening, and then what actions can be taken to move the odds in the desired direction. -- * See the analytical rumination hypothesis, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28depression-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28depression-t.ht...