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I'm sure CBT has been used with cancer patients, but pain management is not the heart of what CBT is about: http://www.beckinstitute.org/cognitive-behavioral-t

I'm sure CBT has been used with cancer patients, but pain management is not the heart of what CBT is about: http://www.beckinstitute.org/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/#q-n-a-71 http://www.beckinstitute.org/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/#q... CBT is however about fixing negative thought patterns. Start of chapter 3 of Feeling Good (I just pulled open the pdf) Burns says 'Illogical pessimistic attitudes play the central role in the development and continuation of all your symptoms' I don't think I myself have posted about this before, and just did a search. Hacker news does seem to be often dismissive of the psych field though, as there is not a lot of good science that would appease a critical thinker.

DanBC 12y ago
You said that emotions can be caused by a wide range of stuff and suggested that CBT might be less effective in those situations. But it doesn't matter what causes the emotions - CBT helps people deal with negative emotion no matter how they're caused. Pain management in cancer patients is a good example where emotions are caused by something external but where CBT is still effective. You might want to have a look through some better books or websites to get an idea of what modern CBT involves. https://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome https://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome