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This just isn't proven at all. And likely untrue. There is a reason the dodo bird effect is controversial. 1. Most therapies have not received the number of RC
by JimmyBuckets 2y ago
This just isn't proven at all. And likely untrue. There is a reason the dodo bird effect is controversial.
1. Most therapies have not received the number of RCTs as CBT so it's not possible to make statements like the one you made.
2. There is wildly varying quality in therapists and the quality of the therapeutic relationship is widely accepted to be centrally important to treatment outcomes. It is thus much more likely that a good therapist with a shitty tool is better than a bad therapist with a good tool. Averaged out, this would explain the same effect.
- jdietrich 2y agoYou've inverted the burden of proof. If someone dreams up a new kind of therapy, it's their job to prove that it actually works; they can't just assert that it works based on anecdote. I'm flattering those relatively-untested therapies by assuming that they're all equally effective. In any case, the effect size over pill placebo is extremely small (again, with the honourable exception of CBT for anxiety disorders).
- Izkata 2y agoI can't tell from either of your comments whether you're saying CBT has proven itself or falls short of the others. Just that it's different.