If by 'talk therapy' you mean psychoanalysis, it's not at all the best we have. I mean, I know some people prefer lithotherapy and homeotherapy over evidence-ba

If by 'talk therapy' you mean psychoanalysis, it's not at all the best we have. I mean, I know some people prefer lithotherapy and homeotherapy over evidence-based medecine, but I would not argue that they're 'the best we have'. I'm not a fan of hypnosis at all (I prefer therapies that involve the patient becoming an agent), but it's cheaper, shorter, and have empirically a better success rate, and a lower remission rate. We don't know how it work but we can mesure how much it does, an in case of psychoanalysis, it doesn't. Take homeopathic antidepressant with a certified homeopath, it'll work the same. Psychoanalyst are entrenched in a early 20th century view of the human brain, just listen to them talking about autism. 'trained professional' psychoanalyst have the same effect on me as a 'trained professional' sorcerer does, except I can play pathfinder with the second. I don't really care that they charge money now that my mom got out of their claws, just as I didn't really care about cryptocurrencies grifters charging money for financial advice, my typical friends and family are not the usual prey so I don't feel threatened. I'm just sad that as American women managed to escape this grift (unlike French women), young American men seems to fall into the trap.