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Feb 2024
15m 11s

84 — This Therapy Strategy Will Help You...

Amy Morin
About this episode

Acting "as if" is a therapy strategy that helps people change their habits, their emotions, and their lives. It's a simple but effective way to start creating positive change right now. And the good news is, it works for many different problems.

Some of the things I share are how "acting as if" works, what issues you can target, and what sort of results you can expect.


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