Cognitive restructuring, a therapy that can treat this

Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, especially at higher stages of proficiency, experts rely on intuitive decision making rather than an analytical approach, which can lead the unaware into believing it has something to do with magical thinking.

Law of attraction (New Thought)

wishful thinking, the formation of beliefs and making of decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine rather than with reference to reality, rationality, or evidence.

The Year of Magical Thinking, an account of how mourning the death of a spouse led to magical thinking.

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