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Fair point, but the criticism generally is exactly that: > CBT is in part about finding the flaws in your thinking that fucks you up. That is, it focuses on c
by surement 10y ago
Fair point, but the criticism generally is exactly that:
> CBT is in part about finding the flaws in your thinking that fucks you up.
That is, it focuses on conscious thought rather than unconscious. It seems to be enough only in the more benign cases.
- tormeh 10y agoWell, many of the assumptions underlying your conscious thoughts are unconscious. CBT does go into those assumptions.
- DanBC 10y agoIt allows you some time and space to recognise the unconscious thoughts, and to identify the things that cause those thoughts.
- digler999 10y ago> It seems to be enough only in the more benign cases. you're assuming a false relationship between level of consciousness and severity. Case in point: war veteran with PTSD. His PTSD is from getting shot at, not from a disrupted relationship with his mother when he was 5. case 2: patient has a phobia of flying. therapist gradually deconstructs the phobia using CBT methods, until the patient finally gets in a plane and flies. Subconscious issues are not correlated to severity.
- surement 10y agoYour claim is that one's depression, anxiety, paranoia, etc., caused by post-traumatic stress, is purely the result of conscious thoughts, even though the individual knows, consciously, that they are no longer in immediate danger? As for the second case, the "deconstruction" of a phobia is more characteristic of psychoanalysis than CBT.