Internal Therapist

One of my biggest coping mechanisms for social situations is just talking things out with myself.  The thing is, I feel a lot of my social issues can't be resolved purely by talking to someone else, because they're inherently based on deep issues I have with...talking with other people.  I do not necessarily think this is the case for all social issues by any means, and if someone finds talking to someone else helpful, that's an avenue that should by all means be pursued.  In the end, even my social issues are occassionally helped by seeking input on them from someone else, but primarily I have had to drive that progress myself.  To that end I've spent a lot of my life developing my "therapist self" which I deploy whenever I have to deal with an upsetting social situation.  This has the obvious disadvantage of me lacking certain important knowledge in that area, but the advantage that I know this "therapist" shares all of my values and is maximally concerned that I will find a positive resolution to my problems with the minimum of personal trauma.