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Re: depressive emotions » Raisinb

Posted by SLS on February 14, 2012, at 14:06:35

In reply to Re: depressive emotions, posted by Raisinb on February 14, 2012, at 11:23:17

> Personally I'm not a big fan of CBT; it always seemed like a band aid...

How much time did you give CBT without obtaining results before you discontinued it?

I think that a top-down approach to psychotherapy like CBT is a good tool, and almost always helpful. However, it is probably not terribly effective to treat dysfunctional psychodynamics that run deep in the psyche. Both CBT and psychodynamic therapy can be coadministered. I like to think that CBT can help stabilize someone's thoughts and emotions when exercised on a daily basis while the problematic psychodynamics are being addressed using a bottom-up psychotherapy.

One of our posters had made an argument as to why CBT can actually hurt more than it can help in certain situations. I think it was Violet.


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