What Ava Huang thinks about Psychotherapy
Writer of the newsletter bookbear express, on psychology, relationships, non-attachment and taste; based in San Francisco.
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ava Huang has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIn general, feeling your problems goes so much further than thinking about your problems. Thinking is mostly useful for strategy, and doesn't get you very far when you're not in touch with your emotional state.
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Their wordsanything that feels like a way to get out of doing the work will come back to bite you. You have to go through yourself to get anywhere good.
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Their wordsit is very bad to take on total responsibility for a capable adult human being; we are each responsible for our own psyche, our own life.