Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy More Effective?

NBC posted a story claiming that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the “gold standard” of psychotherapy treatment. NBC didn’t do its research.

Research studies and the experience of clinicians the world over know better: CBT is NOT more effective! Talk therapies of depth, insight and relationship have been shown repeatedly to be equally effective. No less than the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), along with numerous psychology researchers backed by comprehensive meta-analyses of research studies covering thousands of patients, agree.

We aren’t sure why the American Psychological Association (APA) is disseminating the NBC article. The APA should know better. It has sponsored much of the research that shows the therapy relationship is at the heart of treatments, and that CBT performs no better than other psychological therapies.

PsiAN Responds:

Here’s our letter to NBC: PsiAN response to NBC news article on CBT_4.30.19

May 2019