Could you provide evidence that CBT is “garbage” and that the studies are “junk science”?
It’s garbage because it is like any other quick cure scheme. Go find someone who was cured in 10 sessions or whatever they promise. I’d like to meet him.
The studies are junk science, because they use people who are only suffering from one thing. Like depression, but not anxiety. Such people don’t exist in the real world, and using them is not responsible science.
But the kicker is that the CBT practitioners themselves go to regular therapy instead of CBT.
Read more, on Ben Sorotzkin’s website.