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Fluid Intelligence

We all have two types of intelligence. One, named “crystallized”, is the accumulation of everything we’ve learned. It’s the sum of our schooling, studies, and experience. The other, named “fluid” is the ability to put pieces together, to "think" creatively, to arrive at conclusions, to solve problems. For many people fluid intelligence often becomes constricted on account of psychological conflicts. For example, recurrent thoughts such as "I’m not good enough", "I need to be perfect", "I can’t speak my mind" etc., limits a person’s ability to function optimally and ultimately be happy. The goal of psychotherapy is to both understand these feelings, hold them up to analysis, and replace them with more realistic ones. This frees the person’s fluid intelligence to function as it’s meant to in the service of creativity and better adaptation to life.

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