I’m not sure if there is any reason that should be strongly persuasive to a disinterested third party, at the moment. I think the current evidence is more on the level of “anecdotally, it seems like a lot of rationalists and EAs get something out of things like IFS”.
But given that one can try out a few sessions of a therapy and see whether you seem to be getting anything out of it, that seems to be okay? Anecdotal evidence isn’t enough to strongly show that one should definitely do a particular kind of therapy. But it can be enough to elevate a therapy to the level of things that might be worth giving a shot to see if anything comes out of it.
I’m not sure if there is any reason that should be strongly persuasive to a disinterested third party, at the moment. I think the current evidence is more on the level of “anecdotally, it seems like a lot of rationalists and EAs get something out of things like IFS”.
But given that one can try out a few sessions of a therapy and see whether you seem to be getting anything out of it, that seems to be okay? Anecdotal evidence isn’t enough to strongly show that one should definitely do a particular kind of therapy. But it can be enough to elevate a therapy to the level of things that might be worth giving a shot to see if anything comes out of it.