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One potential problem with this approach is that a person might not actually fear driving a car but dying in general, and this fear spills over into all parts o
by fellowmartian 3y ago
One potential problem with this approach is that a person might not actually fear driving a car but dying in general, and this fear spills over into all parts of life. I don’t think you can CBT your way out of it.
- psychphysic 3y agoI think that's just the type of problem CBT practitioners love to work on.
- fellowmartian 3y agoI think it’s a “if all you have is a hammer” situation. In my experience and from talking to different therapists CBT is ill-equipped to deal with existential problems because it doesn’t embrace them or helps patients learn from them. Existential therapy or other forms of psychoanalysis is better suited, in my opinion.
- kenjackson 3y agoI agree with your take on CBT and existential problems (although CBT is incredible for many other types of issues). Do you have more details on therapies that are useful for existential types of problems?