This is a 7-minute “Deep Dive Podcast”:
Let’s be honest—too much of what passes for therapy today is just psychobabble.
By “psychobabble”, I mean the habit of endlessly talking about emotional problems without ever getting to the root cause—or doing anything that actually helps a person heal. It’s like circling the airport but never landing. People spend years in therapy digging into “why”they feel a certain way, analyzing childhood memories, or unpacking their anxiety—but they’re rarely given a clear path to actually change those emotional states.
At best, they walk away with more insight. At worst, they leave with a new label and a handful of coping strategies.
The emotional pain? Still there. Just more managed now. More “understood.” But not resolved.
This is not healing. It’s maintenance.
Resolution-Focused Therapy: Landing the Plane
Aviation taught me something critical: if you keep circling, you burn fuel. Eventually, you have to land. Therapy should be no different. Understanding is valuable—but without a mechanism for change, insight becomes an echo chamber.
The approaches I believe in—and the ones I use or recommend—are resolution-focused. They don’t just ask “why” you’re hurting; they ask “what would you like to have happen in our session today?”. These therapies go beyond talking. They guide you into the emotional state itself and use structured, often neuroscience-based methods to reduce, reprocess, or even eliminate the emotional charge.
Real healing is possible. Not just better management. Not just better coping.
“Change. Transformation. Emotional rebirth.”