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The problem with a lot of therapists is that they are one trick ponies. They have a set routine that they follow, a one-size-fits-all cure for everyone and everything. I find that especially true with CBT.
The therapist I was sent to last year just kept going over the same things over and over again, which basically added up to “hey, the sun is shining today, let’s all be happy!”. I tried to talk to him about serious issues that are very real problems for me and he treated it like “negative cognitions” that had to be replaced by “positive cognitions.”
Then I went to a self esteem group because he kept pestering me to go. And sat through six sessions of him repeating exactly, word for word, what he said in our individual sessions. The whole time was just sitting and listening to him and another therapist go on, and on, and on, and on……That is, it would have been if I had actually listened.
I don’t think you will offend anyone here. The opinion I formed from my experience with CBT was pretty much the same. Though some people have mentioned here that they had positive results from CBT, others have said that it doesn’t work for people with ADHD.
I think it depends on what you need at the time. If it’s a simple problem of not feeling good about yourself and your life, then it can help to have someone point out some positive things to make you feel better and give you a boost. but if you have more serious, deeper issues, then CBT won’t do anything for you, despite what the behaviourists believe. You can choose to have “positive cognitions” and be happy on the surface but you will still have the same problem you had before. It’s like spraying air fresheners to cover up the smell from the garbage pail. If you don’t take the garbage out, the smell will still be there after the air freshener is gone.
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