The Tom Woods Show, episode 1471.

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

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A bit off the beaten path today with our subject matter, but I think you're really going to like it.

And my guests are two libertarians, both of whom have been guests on the program in the past.

The first is Michael Edelstein and the second David Ramsey Steele.

Michael Edelstein is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco,

and David Ramsey Steele is a writer, public speaker, debater, editor, and classical liberal. He's the author of,

among other books, from Marx to Meeses, post-capitalist society and the challenge of economic calculation.

Today we're going to be talking about their book, a book they worked on together, and it's called Three-Minute Therapy, Change Your

Think Your Thinking, Change Your Life. So instead of saying, welcome to the show, then they'll be

talking over each other. I think I'm just going to dive right into the questions. All right, let's begin with what would seem to be the most obvious question. What, in fact,

does three-minute therapy amount to? What is the process? What are you trying to accomplish by using

this approach? Okay, well, there's two questions in there, Tom. There's the method and what we're trying to accomplish.

So starting with the second part, we're trying to teach people a method that enables them, in essence, to be their own therapist to identify emotional and behavioral problems such as anxiety, depression, anger, addictions,

procrastination, and identify what's causing it where these problems are coming from,

and it's a philosophical base, and then teach them ways to question, challenge, and contradict their

irrational ideas, ideas that go against

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