Joe has been seeing a psychoanalyst for four years for treatment of the fear that he had monsters under his bed. It had been years since he had gotten a good night’s sleep.
Furthermore, his progress was very poor, and he knew it. So, one day he stops seeing the psychoanalyst and decides to try something different.
A few weeks later, Joe’s former psychoanalyst meets his old client in the supermarket, and is surprised to find him looking well-rested, energetic, and cheerful. “Doc! ” Joe says, “It’s amazing! I’m cured! “That’s great news! ” the psychoanalyst says. “you seem to be doing much better. How? “I went to see another doctor,” Joe says enthusiastically, “and he cured me in just ONE session! “One?! ” the psychoanalyst asks incredulously.”Yeah,” continues Joe, “my new doctor is a behaviorist. “A behaviorist? ” the psychoanalyst asks. “How did he cure you in one session? “Oh, easy,” says Joe. “He told me to cut the legs off of my bed. “