Halacha thought

A) Does the Rabbi believe that it is important to engage in “Halacha thought,” not only as a study of halakhic understanding, but also to derive a concept from it and apply it to areas of life that are not proper halakhic practice? For example, Rabbi Soloveitchik tries, by analyzing the laws of mourning, to learn a general concept of “coping with suffering” that is also supposed to guide a person’s emotional world. And so on regarding “joy in Judaism,” and so on.
It is clear that the Halacha is not intended to teach a therapeutic method, but it is possible to understand that the concept behind the Halacha is part of the “will of the Torah” and the obligation to obey the Halacha includes the obligation to implement the concept in a broader sense (apparently this is the intention of “be holy” in the words of the Ramban). Or are we obligated to observe the Halacha themselves, and the personal coping is already a personal matter.
b) Can the Rabbi recommend someone who has developed such an analysis in a reliable manner?