Recommended prologue to "Mr. Toad Goes to a Psychiatrist"

Have you ever been depressed for a moment, elated for a moment, crying for a while, laughing for a while, feeling completely unable to control yourself, like Mr. Toad in the book, this book is the most interesting psychological primer I have ever read, which uses an anthropomorphic fairy tale techniques to describe the process of psychological counseling. You must go to see this interesting story, it fully narrates the psychological counseling process ten times, from the background introduction, Mr. Toad's friends to see it and found that there is something wrong with its recent state, so friends enthusiastically persuade it to see a psychologist, and then there are ten consultations between Mr. Toad and Dr. Heron, in the process of which The Toad has been recalling his past and feels that his life is a failure, one moment into the "child self state", the next moment into the "victim complex", And the heron has been inspiring the toad to think for itself, the heron has been calmly and objectively to help it analyze the problem, not to judge and always in the process of consultation, full attention to the toad, thoroughly empathize with the toad, actively participate in the consultation and help solve the problem of the toad, reflecting the quality of a professional psychological counselor. The toad and the heron explore their childhood, their relationship with their parents, and usually psychological counseling begins with what happens in a person's childhood to explore their impact on adulthood, including a person's personality formation and emotional changes. This book is no exception. In addition, the book also explores depression, a popular mental illness in the world today, the condition of the toad at the beginning is the typical symptom of depression, listless loss of vitality, sad and sick thoughts in the head and even want to commit suicide, the world is gray and dark as if it has lost its former color, and the reason for the toad's depression is that it has fallen into the "child self state", the external stimulus makes it retreat to the state of childhood, and a person who really grows up must have an "adult self state". Later, the toad finally found its own self and healed. In short, reading this book can allow us to gain some understanding of psychological counseling, but also better understand ourselves and others, learn to understand our own hearts, and it is helpful for people's spiritual growth and mental maturity.