What are the advantages and disadvantages of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
Been searching for ages, can’t find anything.
Can anyone help? 
Advantages
It’s short term so more cost effective for both client and therapist
It deals with the here and now and focuses on strategies in order to become your own therapist
When a core belief/schema is identified it usually covers a broad range of cognitive errors in your thinking, and therefore helps manage a variety of your problems (although not always)
It helps the client identify the underlying reason to why certain behaviours occur or why the feelings are there…
Logic based approach and pro-active, in collaboration with the therapist
Disadvantages
Still fairly new as a model compared to Psychodynamic counselling and much of the research hasn’t been compared to control models but only on the target outcome.
With regards to medication-
Personally I don’t believe that CBT is more prone to maintaining someone on medication. CBT works well with people who are on medication because it does not tend to interfere. CBT has an assessment process where the therapist will find out which medication the client is on, know the side affects etc which means that it’s easier for them to conceptualize and make a forward thinking strategy alongside the medication.
Remember that although you may think the way you feel and behave the way you feel this doesn’t mean that you can’t stop behaving and carry on thinking… behaviour and thought I believe are interlinked but take for example someone trying to stop smoking- they can stop smoking yet still want and think about that cigarette… without having patches or tablets to stop smoking- the basis is how to cope, manage, tolerate the feelings of withdrawal? What are the steps that you can take to feel " ok " about it… that’s the goal.
February 14th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Here goes your answer:
Advantages and Disadvantages of This Approach
The great advantage of this approach is that it can quite rapidly, through changing negative thought patterns and behaviours, find a more creative and satisfying way of dealing with a problem. The disadvantage is that the problem may have deeper roots, for example issues that go back into childhood, which would take more time to understand and work through, and which may not be amenable to this more active approach with its emphasis on finding a solution. It is also a question of what the client wants. Different therapeutic approaches suit different clients.
Its an interesting thing to find about this therapy…Thanks for putting this question on yahoo answers.Hope that helped…
References :
http://www.therapyinlondon.org/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/1582?opendocument&part=3
February 14th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
This is own mind and self disarms bed mind..
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February 15th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Advantages
It’s short term so more cost effective for both client and therapist
It deals with the here and now and focuses on strategies in order to become your own therapist
When a core belief/schema is identified it usually covers a broad range of cognitive errors in your thinking, and therefore helps manage a variety of your problems (although not always)
It helps the client identify the underlying reason to why certain behaviours occur or why the feelings are there…
Logic based approach and pro-active, in collaboration with the therapist
Disadvantages
Still fairly new as a model compared to Psychodynamic counselling and much of the research hasn’t been compared to control models but only on the target outcome.
With regards to medication-
Personally I don’t believe that CBT is more prone to maintaining someone on medication. CBT works well with people who are on medication because it does not tend to interfere. CBT has an assessment process where the therapist will find out which medication the client is on, know the side affects etc which means that it’s easier for them to conceptualize and make a forward thinking strategy alongside the medication.
Remember that although you may think the way you feel and behave the way you feel this doesn’t mean that you can’t stop behaving and carry on thinking… behaviour and thought I believe are interlinked but take for example someone trying to stop smoking- they can stop smoking yet still want and think about that cigarette… without having patches or tablets to stop smoking- the basis is how to cope, manage, tolerate the feelings of withdrawal? What are the steps that you can take to feel " ok " about it… that’s the goal.
References :