CBT does find healthy ways to address the cause. I currently work in the child and family trauma clinic at my university, with a professor who has published numerous articles on PTSD. I can tell you unequivocally that the best way to treat PTSD, which can result from abuse and various other traumatic incidents is the combination of CBT with Exposure therapy (which is really basically a form of behavioral therapy). It is empirical. It is proven to work way more often than not. What do you propose is the best way to go about it? Obviously I would love to treat the causes too and get rid of all molestation and death and grief and traumatic events and…do you see? it’s not very practical to say that. People will be traumatized or depressed and we have methods that are proven to work, that the victims themselves say have helped them. I also think you may be confusing psychologists and psychiatrists. Psychiatrists are medical doctors and really just prescribe pills – for depression, anxiety, etc… Those pills just treat symptoms and often have negative side effects. Psychologists, who use CBT, teach clients how to confront their fears, traumas, and depressive thoughts. That is not just treating symptoms. Anyway, what do you propose?
Menu