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By: roger browne

roger browne — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:58:45 +0000

As a mental health professional just reading TT’s response to “greythinking” indicated to me that this was an individual with a fundamental inclination to absolute “black or white” views. CBT therapists don’t always do anything, nor does anyone else – we are individuals. Nor are people who dissent from any particular view or philosophy necessarily ignorant as TT implies. Sounds like she/he swallowed the CBT book?

By: greythinking

greythinking — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:54:57 +0000

TT,

I think that you completely misunderstood my post. I’m not arguing that CBT is useless — it is definitely the therapy that I’ve had the most experience with, personally and academically.

My issue here is that the UK government provisioned funding exclusively for CBT therapists. While I do think that CBT can be an effective treatment in many cases, it is definitely not a flawless therapy that should deserve exclusive attention and funding.

By: TT

TT — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:07:19 +0000

>best predictor of treatment outcome is therapeutic alliance

Yes, that is why CBT therapists always create a healthy therapeutic alliance.

I’m not supprised you don’t like CBT, you don’t understand it, you don’t know how it works, and you don’t know how CBT therapists work with clients.

If you can’t be bothered to understand what you are against, then you look bad, not CBT.

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» Maybe the world doesn’t WANT more CBT… — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:51:04 +0000

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» Maybe the world doesn’t WANT more CBT… — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:49:17 +0000

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