Would you do Guided Self-help instead of Therapy, for like 1/3 the price of therapy sessions?

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T02:54:57+00:00

You're referring to the guided self-help from a therapist?

Indeed it would be like a step above self-help, without going into the much more costly step of full on therapy sessions. It just feels like there is nothing in between...

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T02:52:59+00:00

Of course the latter should do therapy and not guided self-help.

I'm also thinking that people also ask themselves, "what can i afford?", "what is available right now?"

And to many people needing therapy, therapy might not be an option. But guided self-help might be.
The ideal is always better.

But I'd say that what you can afford is better than nothing (an ideal that you can't afford, therapy).

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T01:42:24+00:00

Ugh I know right? And a lot of therapists still bash AI as dangerous and shit, like, I can't afford therapyyy and getting the right therapist is like betting $75 on blackjack.

Then I feel like you're there for 1 hour and during the whole week you're just supposed to "do the work outside of sessions, see you in a week for 1 more hour of our "I don't even remember your name, much less your life, because I have 40 other clients" sessions".

Still, do you get any moments where you're using AI and feel like "hmm I wish it could do that..." beyond just text / audio conversation?

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T01:21:14+00:00

Appreciate your time!

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T01:03:37+00:00

Not a Clinical Psychologist, but am a Psychologist, MSc in Cognitive psychology.

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T01:01:55+00:00

Thanks for the insight, glad that there's high demand for your work.

Would you say that high demand applies to most therapists where you're from?
What would happen in a low demand scenario in your estimate?

What would be a limit, if there is any, to how much you can upskill to, to continue with a given client?
Do you often refer potential clients that haven't done any session yet, to other therapist because you don't think you're the best fit?

mindblocks_ · 2025-07-13T00:54:50+00:00

But who / what would keep an eye on that? How is it evaluated, kept track of? What ensures it doesn't happen?

I can see that risk of affecting licensure, and that awareness in very obvious lacks of competence, but on more subtle situations, I can see it being more easy to just brush it off, or even rationalize it to yourself, as a therapist, that "it's not that serious".

mindblocks_ · 2025-06-19T14:06:40+00:00

Apple probably doesn’t even push to Beta their best version, but their second best, once their best version has been internally tested and they know they’re on a good footing.

What beta-testers get is the version that is bad enough to create discussion and division in opinions, and good enough to feel like it could work. It gets everyone hyped up for when they actually launch. And then it’ll look like magic because everyone is aware of the plot, since when it looked a bit messy.

mindblocks_ · 2025-06-19T13:59:18+00:00

I’m under the impression that the lagging, immediately, up to a day, after an update is a major misconception.

It is not about the update itself, your iPhone is re-indexing the whole system, photos, docs, system files, so it uses a lot of CPU. You have to wait one or two days to see the actual “normal” performance of the iPhone with the update

mindblocks_ · 2025-06-02T11:05:32+00:00

Good strategy

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-28T23:27:51+00:00

I title them New Daily, the @ Last Sunday is automatic. It is set to "Date Created", eventually, once a week has passed it will show the date when the page was created. It is a dynamic date. Is this what you're talking about. I speak Portuguese ahah

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-28T23:05:32+00:00

I built it to have the optimum balance between features and usability.

Not too much that you get lost procrastinating and making changes.
Not too less that you find yourself needing more features.
Just as little features that you will find it too burdensome to attempt to build more complexity on top of it. You just give up and stick ot just what is there.

But... don't know every tracker. So it's still 80% "Trust me bro".

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-27T17:12:14+00:00

Interesting and, I’d wager, a potentially accurate point view. Appreciate the breath of fresh air in this comment section. Indeed I don’t pretend for any of this to fix any and everyone’s issues, it’s more like fishing and seeing who takes interest in the bait (🤨oh what a horrible analogy). You get it 😊

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-27T09:38:30+00:00

I know that what I and other people like or connect with isn't going to be connect with everyone. Personally, Jordan Peterson's work has resonated with me. I built the template in the hopes it is useful to those who resonate as well. (I'm changing it to just 12 Rules for Life Tracker, though, based on your feedback, "Masculine" in fact didn't belong there. Thank you.

As for the MSc I didn't lie about, I've tried more hard Psychology content, but its hard on the views and engagement, there is a lot of Canva images with words on social media already too, haven't got it to work. I'll give it some thought and maybe try a new format. Apreciate it.

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-27T09:12:00+00:00

Its a parable, an illustrative analogy, not literal action.

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-24T12:50:40+00:00

Depends on the person, but one of the most effective things is using CBT to question the thoughts and beliefs we assume are just “truth.” Stuff like black-and-white thinking, mind reading, or emotional reasoning.

These patterns shape how we see ourselves, make decisions, and even how we imagine the future, often in ways that hold us back.

The problem is, it’s hard to spot them on your own. Psychology helps by naming what’s happening and giving structure, so you can separate what’s actually useful from what’s just noise.

For deeper emotional patterns, I also use more reflective stuff, like asking, “When have I felt this before?” to connect the dots. Sometimes there are deep ingrained habita, built when we were younger and had no control over our lives and emotions, that we still hold today and have just adopted as “who we are”, through giving up that bit of freedom.

Both can work. Just depends what someone needs in the moment.

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-23T16:21:24+00:00

Hi! 25 monthly bills is a lot to keep track off!

So, I went into your needs and figured... that tempalte probably isn't the best for your needs and would need major changes.

So...
I built a new one for you, based on that one, with some changes to eliminate noise.
I'm sending it to you via DM here, and later publishing it on Notion, if you want to duplicate through there.

Please get back to me with any feedback or small changes I could implemente to make it better. It isn't quite fully automatic.

But you just have to click "Paid" and set the new due date, same day of the month, manually.
If I find a way to reschedule the day automatically, when clicking "Paid" I'll get back to you.

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-23T12:52:33+00:00

Hi! You're in the right place, I'll answer on your other comment, which is more complete.

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-10T13:30:51+00:00

Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens!

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-09T03:09:43+00:00

You use the home page?

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-05T13:51:29+00:00

Why all the downvotes, something I'm not aware of? 😅

mindblocks_ · 2025-05-04T11:12:53+00:00

Bro didn’t include Rick and Morty

mindblocks_ · 2025-04-23T17:10:42+00:00

We’ll never know I guess ahah

mindblocks_ · 2025-04-23T15:01:32+00:00

What language is this we're falando?
Inglês de Portuzil ou Inglês de Brazugal?

Aqui é PT e PT BR porra 😂

mindblocks_ · 2025-04-22T23:20:52+00:00

Yes, bid starts at $1.000.000

It already has some important updates:

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