Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. (Change Your Mind)

I've been doing talk therapy for over twenty five years, primarily cognitive therapy with insight-oriented therapy intertwined. I've been a practitioner of what I call spiritual psychotherapy, the simple premise being that most people would be a lot happier and have fewer mood swings and emotional problems if they treated people as they wished to be treated. It certainly sounds silly and simplistic to say that but it's the simple truth and most people consciously or unconsciously avoid doing it. Consequently, in my talk therapy sessions, as I help people to congnitively differentiate their feelings from facts, I always integrate spiritual principles of acceptance, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, generosity and service to others.