CBT can alternately be empowering and extremely limiting. While it’s built on some true wisdom, it focuses on such a small part of living – our reactions – that it ignores what we can proactively create in our lives by starting at the level of thought.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy’s Big Lesson You Can’t Live Without
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has become a buzzword in addiction treatment. Learn the most important part of the theory here.
Critique Of Relapse Prevention Therapy Part 1: Fire Drills For Arsonists
Relapse Prevention Therapy has fast become a popular addiction treatment approach, but is it all it’s cracked up to be? Relapse Prevention may actually create a self-fulfilling prophecy whereby people expect to relapse.
Can a Self Help Book Work To End Addiction?
Do self help books really work? Can self help books really work for addiction and “recovery”? Research on so-called “bibliotherapy” shows that self-help books can be quite effective, even for problems such as addiction and depression, which we’re told can only be overcome with medical treatment.