Of course, Stoicism is a philosophy, not a type of therapy. The difference is crucial: a therapy is intended to be a short-term approach to helping people overcome specific problems of a psychological nature; it doesn’t necessarily provide a general picture, or philosophy, of life. A philosophy of life is something we all need, however, and something we all develop, consciously or not.
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Massimo Pigliucci
Prof. of Philosophy at City College, evolutionary biologist, student of Stoicism. Author of A Handbook for New Stoics.