CBT

"They just strike me as middling intelligence NPCs who can only parrot back CBT talking points over and over without any real ability to analyze anything or help you in any useful way. There is no unique perspective they can offer, no examined life meaningful questions they ask."

"Yes, many are "basic" because many people need a basic CBT-type practitioner and don't actually wish to be psychoanalyzed, interpret archetypes, or dive into the subtleties and the symbolism of life."

"Especially because most depression-related therapy is CBT/DBT based, and I feel like that style really only works for a certain type of person whom I've never related to (neoliberal Silicon Valley techie types)."

"Speaking from personal experience, CBT can be a really critical tool for a lot of people in fixing self-defeating patterns and learning to work with yourself rather than beating yourself up or ignoring problems."

"I don't even know what seeing a professional would do for me. I've got this weird hangup about it. Like what would I even get? CBT? If I could just will myself to be less of a bum, then I should just be trying harder, right now, right?"

"Therapy has also been a bust, CBT and psychodynamic."

"That said, no one gave any useful suggestions as to how to act differently, and 'find a different therapist' isn't really that helpful when I've gone to like 25 different therapists over the past 10 years and have tried a bunch of different approaches like DBT, CBT, acceptance and commitment, etc."

"CBT? What's that - I was hoping you'd send me to the asylum. No no I don't think I'm dissociating, I'm just having a fit of madness."

"The stuff i learned in therapy didn't work. Breathing exercises, meditation, imagery re-scripting. CBT, IFS, ACT, Schema whatever. Useless."

"Cbt/talk therapy means nothing for trauma brain. You can try to think the 'right things' about something but it won't accomplish anything. You can talk for hours and you'll waste your time or even worsen your condition because now you've repeated the story over and over."

"I've done the normal CBT therapy stuff. (and sometimes it's not even CBT it's vaguely defined) and I feel like all it is is someone trying to be empathetic and 'validate' me or worst case developing a crush on me."

"I am thinking getting a new job, getting a CBT therapist, and relocating to a city with more social scenes will help, also possibly medication but I am hesitant as I have heard sorts of anti-anxiety medications have awful withdrawals."

"Speaking from personal experience, CBT can be a really critical tool for a lot of people in fixing self-defeating patterns and learning to work with yourself rather than beating yourself up or ignoring problems"

"I've gone to like 25 different therapists over the past 10 years and have tried a bunch of different approaches like DBT, CBT, acceptance and commitment, etc."