Part 1 of Using Stoic philosophy in counselling: Hedonic Adaptation and Negative Visualization

The philosophy of Stoicism is a powerful antidote to much human suffering. By reframing your situation using one of the Stoic psychological techniques, you can get to feel much better about your life. In this video clip, Dr Jim Byrne looks at the human frailty of 'hedonic adaptation' and how this can be corrected by 'negative visualization'. Examples used of hedonic adaptation include the greed of the bankers for more and more money... the madness of human greed...