"This essay will consider the thesis that there is within Stoic philosophy, a distinct and interesting theory of human psychology which entails not only a normative account of human growth and development but also a corresponding theory of psychopathology based on that account. The theory also encompasses a system of therapeutic techniques formulated to expose and correct these pathologies. In sum, there exists what can only be described as, a unique and well-formulated system of Stoic Psychotherapy [1].
In fact, I would assert that Stoicism does not just contain a theory of psychotherapy as part of its larger philosophical theory, but that Stoicism itself is more accurately conceptualized as primarily a psychotherapy, albeit, with an extensive philosophical underpinning."
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