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After 1 month, Tom came back. It was difficult to recognize the student I had first encountered. He brought his diary (a couple of examples are outlined in table 5). We discussed how he had got rid of most of his obsessions; his life was changing, he was progressing well to a college degree and he was making plans for studies outside the realms of philosophy. In the seventh session I had introduced the idea of closing therapy (I must say that at the beginning of our encounters, because of the novelty of my approach, we had not agreed upon a specific number of sessions). I asked him whether he was ready to go on by himself. He said yes with a lot of determination. I told him, as I always do with my patients, that in any case, for any reason, I was there. He could call me or come to see me. Nonetheless, I wanted to see him in a year to check his progress. I expressed my sincere gratitude to him for the things I had learned through our encounter. One year later, he was fine and had just started a Master's course in marketing - Tom confided ‘too much philosophy is not good for me’. I am very proud of him and of his subsequent accomplishments in life.