Posted by Dinah on April 11, 2006, at 7:44:17
In reply to Re: that brand of therapy ;-), posted by special_k on April 11, 2006, at 5:09:33
I think the problem with CBT is (well, ok it's not a problem really) is that some or all of it can be useful for almost everyone. So it comes out looking good in studies.
But apparently practitioners aren't always well trained on the exceptions.
Which probably could be said for all schools of therapy.
Besides, didn't they do studies (I remember seeing this on Dr. Bob's old grand rounds presentations) that showed that CBT was more effective for some personality structures than others?
For example, it's very effective for OCPD, which you might expect.
And although I don't recall this specifically, I'm guessing that it could be less helpful for people with borderline traits, which is why they invented DBT. The problem with DBT being that if you don't get someone of Marsha Linehan's skills, it can sometimes not come across as it was intended.
(Although to tell you the truth, I remember watching her videos, and being both charmed and realizing that I'd walk out on her early.)
Having a few borderline traits myself, I think it tends to make me worse. I tend to rebel and get angry and argue the CBT therapist into getting mad at me. (Yes, this has happened.) While my husband would think it was the therapy of therapies.
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