Posted by special_k on April 11, 2006, at 5:09:33
In reply to Re: that brand of therapy ;-), posted by special_k on April 11, 2006, at 0:41:18
i guess that the trouble is that CBT theorists often make a big deal of how they come up better than alternative theories for treating the main problems that people present with (anxiety, depression, and OCD i believe). they say that they are thus the *most scientific* variety of therapy available (the implication being that it is not ethically justifyable to offer less than the *most scientific* variety of therapy).
But... I have significant issues with CBT.
I have significant issues with their measures of 'improvement'. I have significant issues with the *brief* psychotherapy line that they advocate. I have significant issues with their eclecticism which means they practice from a theory that isn't even coherant (IMHO).
Sigh.
I have significant issues with the point that the CBT therapists are the ones who are running the experiments (they have managed to get the experimental psychologists on board) and so OF COURSE they are looking to justify their theory (in confirmation bias) rather than looking to do themselves out of a job!
(Okay so that is an ad homenim attack but sometimes they are justified. I think it is justified in this case as it is justified in the case of being sceptical of the findings that the drug companies report re the success of their newly developed medication)
Science is the best we have got...
But then when you consider the actual practice of science...
When you consider the ways in which statistics can be manipulated...
When you consider how *statistically significant* thresholds are arbitrary...
One is wise to remain sceptical.But I have significant issues with CBT... And so where does that leave me?
Maybe it is about... Training. And re: psychoanalysis... If you consider the majority have PhD's / are trained psychiatrists BEFORE undergoing how many years of training in psychoanalysis AND a course of analysis themselves...
Well that makes them the best trained.
Of course it might be a bit like a cult...
(And from a lot of accounts that is exactly what it is like)
But still... That is a significant amount of time to devote to studying something... And so you would expect that the average analyst... Would be *more interesting* to interact with at the very least.lol.
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