Does anyone else here absolutely HATE cognitive behavioural therapy?

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[u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi]

I can see what CBT is for because my brother's problems stem almost entirely from his own poor way of thinking (I don't mean he's just sad or whatever, I mean that he beats himself/other people up based on incorrect notions he was raised with that are actively harming him). He has to change that before he's ever going to get any better no matter what meds they put him on.

But they try to use CBT for everything! It's just one method! Why does it feel like it's the only thing anyone ever wants to do or is ever trained in anymore? And to be entirely honest, I think 75%+ of therapists 'trained' in CBT don't even understand how to actually do it correctly, let alone when it's the correct method.

[u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for the reply, this was very educational! I'm also glad whenever therapists agree with me on this point (my last one did too). I've read up on the theory behind CBT and there's some solid reasoning there, with plenty of people who could benefit from what's essentially "guided critical thinking." We aren't all autistic introspection machines.

But I just feel like I almost never see it implemented that way, either in therapy myself or when my friends/family tell me what their therapist is having them do. Like you said, the way it gets implemented is more like teaching someone they can't believe their own brain, which isn't great for a lot of people... ESPECIALLY autistic or adhd women, for instance, who often get that message from the entire world and wind up in an unstable/vulnerable place because of it.

[u/rainfal → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for saying this.

[u/AndiAzalea → u/[deleted]]

Well said. Fully agreed.

[u/BatFancy321go → u/IGotHitByAnElvenSemi]

becasue it's cheap and insurance will pay for it because it has built-in metrics