Therapy isn't based on head knowledge (or memory). Yes, I have the memory thing too and "know" everything from my extensive reading (use to read 5+ books a week). But, "the map is not the territory". I can draw you the map, with my eyes closed no less, but get to the actual emotional landscape and somehow the whole thing looks very foreign!

It's a perception thing and you can't "learn" perception out of a book/from words, no way T can say, pointing, "See that tree over there? Walk due west 25 feet and you'll find a big, flat, rock you can sit on to rest." The reason? It's your landscape and other people are blind to it; we have to say, "Hey, there's a big tree, what do I do with it?" and T replies, "Well, you could use it as a visual center, walk out from it in all directions a certain number of feet and see what you find"; and we get out somewhere east of that tree and find another tree and say, "Wait, here's another prettier tree :-) what am I supposed to be doing? Do I go back to the other tree or switch to this prettier one?" We don't quite understand why we are working on going out an equal distance from the first tree only and why "any" tree won't do.

How about management classes where you had a group exercise where a member is blindfolded and everyone else is supposed to work together to help him "build" a simple item, blindfolded (someone builds the prototype, someone writes down the steps, someone is in charge of being the "voice" to guide him, tell him what to do, correct him, etc.)?