Posted by Dinah on June 7, 2004, at 10:51:27
In reply to Re: CBT questions, posted by fires on June 6, 2004, at 18:23:01
> I've been out of therapy for so long, that I don't even know what DBT is? Dynamic BT?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, developed by Marsha Linehan, incorporating elements of CBT and eastern philosophy. I always think of it as a kinder and gentler CBT.
> I'm curious why CBT wouldn't be just as effective as psychoanalysis, and be much faster and less expensive?
>Because, thank heavens, people are individuals. There is no one size fits all therapy, just as there is no one size fits all medication. CBT teaches useful skills, and I think everyone should be exposed to them. A therapist who doesn't use a few CBT techniques in dealing with a patient with an anxiety disorder is not one I'd like to have. A therapist who used *only* CBT with posttraumatic stress disorder, a chaotic childhood, a dissociative disorder, or a personality disorder is not one I'd like to have.
But that's why there are a lot of therapists out there. It's up to us to discover which sort of therapy is best designed to shore up our weak spots. Ideally, you'll get a lot of help from the therapist but realistically there are a lot of therapists who are wed to their technique.
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