If the psychotherapist was Jungian, he might recommend dream journals and more creative outlets for the slaves so they could get insight from active imagination.
If the psychotherapist was also a psychiatrist, he might make a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder for those slaves who were disruptive in the cotton fields and prescribe Adderall. For slaves who lacked affect and couldn't move even when whipped, he would prescribe anti-depressants.
If the psychotherapist was into cognitive behavioral therapy and/or Zen, he might recommend instruction for the slaves in disengaging negative thoughts and allowing them to drift off like the weather.
If the psychotherapist believed that trauma was locked in the body, he might recommend rolfing or other forms of massage.
If the psychotherapist was New Age, he might recommend yoga, meditation and angel affirmations, having the slaves write 100 times a day, "I prosper when my master prospers," or "Every day in every way I get better and better."
If the psychotherapist was 12-Step oriented, he might recommend a fearless moral inventory, followed by an amends to his master for stealing food and shirking his duties.
If the psychotherapist subscribed to the New Yorker, he might recommend making lists of tasks as a way of reducing errors, or listening more closely to to one's intuition, or putting in 10,000 hours of practice to achieve genius level cotton picking.
After a few more months of therapy, most of the slaves say they feel better and return to their assigned tasks. One, however, just can't get his act together.
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