If you're looking for an alternative, check out ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). Many studies have found it to be as or more effective than CBT for a br

If you're looking for an alternative, check out ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). Many studies have found it to be as or more effective than CBT for a broad range of issues ranging from depression to Schizophrenia. While CBT tries to substitute dysfunctional thinking with a different narrative, ACT is about realizing that any narrative you're telling yourself is just a narrative, and any feelings are just feelings. As such they are not all that serious or meaningful. We don't need to try to push away, ignore, or try to change the thoughts and feelings. People weren't meant to feel happy all the time and we shouldn't try to. Instead we should find out what truly matters to us and focus on that. I'm probably not doing it justice but that's the gist of it. A good book on it is A Liberated Mind by Steven Hayes.