Question

A) Does the Rabbi think there is importance in engaging in the “thought of Jewish law,” not only as analysis of halakhic understanding, but also in order to derive from it a conception and apply it in areas of life that are not strictly halakhic practice proper? For example, Rabbi Soloveitchik tries, through analysis of the laws of mourning, to learn a general conception of “coping with suffering” that is supposed to guide a person’s emotional world as well. And similarly regarding “joy in Judaism,” and the like.
It is clear that Jewish law did not come to teach a therapeutic method, but one could understand that the conception behind the laws is part of the “will of the Torah,” and that the obligation to obey Jewish law includes the obligation to apply that conception in a broader sense as well (apparently this is the intent of “You shall be holy” in the words of Nachmanides). Or perhaps we are obligated only to observe the laws themselves, and personal coping is already a personal matter.
B) Can the Rabbi recommend someone who has developed such analyses in a reliable way?