Comments on: What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

By: Alex - Feeling Good!

Alex - Feeling Good! — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:27:39 +0000

Your article explains the essence of CBT very well- one of the great things about CBT is the practicality of it and that it is very common sense and not esoteric.

Anyone suffering some anxiety or depression can even apply the techniques using a good book, pen and paper- though more severe cases need CBT from a good therapist.

Those “reframes” can really open up new horizons and possibilites.

By: NEELAMNAZ

NEELAMNAZ — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:42:37 +0000

Actually I didn’t know about CBT before this but now I know about CBT by your Article, Thanks!

By: Michael Herzog

Michael Herzog — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:11:05 +0000

It’s also interesting that CBT is one of the few psychotherapeutic approaches that are fully paid for by the health insurance fund in Germany. And they are really a little close-minded, the only other approved approach I can think of at the moment is psychoanalysis.

By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice

Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:40:10 +0000

Great post Eduard!

I actually don’t know much about CBT at all so it’s spurred me on to take a deeper look at it.

Thank you!

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:22:47 +0000

Ouch Tim – I felt that piece of glass.

I can totally vouch for CBT. I used it on myself when I was terrified of exams – now I love them and do well in them, which is great.

Also, I was afraid of rollercoasters, so I used it to make myself love them. That wasn’t so smart, as I got kind of addicteds to them. And themeparks get too much of my hard earned cash, especially when I’m in Florida.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:00:21 +0000

I worked with a psychiatrist that had a CBT like approach. I’m not sure if that’s what he formally called it, but looking back it seems a lot like it to me. I was an extremely angsty teenager and once I got over the hurdle of accepting that events were not inherently depressing or hope-sucking, it did me a world of good.

It was funny to me that 17 years later when I started working with Tim, a lot of the approach was similar.

Thank you for the very informative guest post!

By: Eduard - Ideas With A Kick

Eduard - Ideas With A Kick — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:10 +0000

Thank you Tim,I enjoyed writing it.

Unless you’re about 80, I think that’s a limiting belief :)

By: Andrew Arrow

Andrew Arrow — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:39:16 +0000

Great article Eduard. I’m the author of CBTReferee a CBT app for the iPhone. We just had a good write up in TUAW:

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/13/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-in-your-pocket-with-the-cbtreferee/

Be interested in your thoughts on the app.