In this episode of 80k After Hours, Luisa Rodriguez and Hannah Boettcher discuss various approaches to therapy, and how to use them in practice — focusing specifically on people trying to have a big impact.
Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript.
They cover:
- The effectiveness of therapy, and tips for finding a therapist
- Moral demandingness
- Internal family systems-style therapy
- Motivation and burnout
- Exposure therapy
- Grappling with world problems and x-risk
- Perfectionism and imposter syndrome
- And the risk of over-intellectualising
Who this episode is for:
- High-impact focused people who struggle with moral demandingness, perfectionism, or imposter syndrome
- People who feel anxious thinking about the end of the world
- 80,000 Hours Podcast hosts with the initials LR
Who this episode isn’t for:
- People who aren’t focused on having a big impact
- People who don’t struggle with any mental health issues
- Founders of Scientology with the initials LRH
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Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio Engineering Lead: Ben Cordell
Technical editing: Dominic Armstrong
Content editing: Katy Moore, Luisa Rodriguez, and Keiran Harris
Transcriptions: Katy Moore
