Dr. sokolov practices cognitive therapy (ct) as described by aaron beck. her client, davis, tells her that he is a total failure and has failed at everything that he has ever attempted. in response, dr. sokolov would most likely say:

Dr. Sokolov in the spirit of collaboration would work with her patient and encourage him to question the reasoning and logic of his automatic thoughts, so, she would probably say to him how did he failed everything when for example he drove himself to the appointment so he must have obtained a driver’s license. Or that he graduated from either highs school or college. So the doctor would help him see that he didn’t fail everything.  

a. life is life.

because life is not always nice.

and life is not always fun and cute.