Scottish cognitive-behavioral therapist and author whose How to Think Like a Roman Emperor uses Marcus Aurelius's life as a framework for CBT-adjacent psychological techniques — making Stoicism actionable as a therapeutic practice.
Built the most rigorous bridge between ancient Stoic practice and modern CBT — demonstrating that Stoic exercises (negative visualization, the view from above, premeditation of adversity) are functionally equivalent to proven CBT techniques — making the ancient philosophy therapeutically respectable.
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