It would seem relatively straightforward to pull together some sound psychotherapeutic advice for these unhappy beasts. But in reality, it’s hopeless. Baboons and macaques get distracted during therapy sessions, habitually pulling books off the shelves, for example; they don’t know the days of the week and thus constantly miss appointments; they eat the plants in the waiting room, and so on. Thus, it might be more useful to apply those same insights to making sense of some humans who are prone toward an overactive stress-response and increased risk of stress-related disease.
