Using cheat engine i have managed remove the cooldown on mind reading and switched played character.

Simply add address manually, check pointer, in the big field input 00dd1160, in the smaller field above it input 3060 or 2fe0 then press ok.

3060 gives the address that determines if you can use mind reading. Set the value to 1 and freeze it (check active) and now you can always mind read.

2fe0 gives the addres that determines the commander in military appointment(played character in battle), appoint the companion you want to play as then freeze the value. Now you will always play as this companion even if mind reading is on cooldown.

This is the first time I've done this kind of thing with cheat engine but it should work for everyone until the mod is updated/changed in some way. I have only tested it a bit but it seems to work. I assume you have to unlock mind reading before using it.