tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post293648802699101488..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Psychotherapy: Now There's an App for ThatStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-16144552806820779182015-06-22T07:43:51.853-07:002015-06-22T07:43:51.853-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12356657130312354252015-06-22T07:25:03.771-07:002015-06-22T07:25:03.771-07:00Speaking of deranged rants... ever heard of projec...Speaking of deranged rants... ever heard of projective identification? Glad that you have graduated to the level of name calling, but you have still not said anything coherent. I have addressed the theoretical basis of CBT in my book-- and of course I do not practice it. You are right about one thing... Badiou and Zizek are not analysts, but they are constantly being published in Lacanian Ink, a psychoanalytic journal. Surely, they support the field. One might note that true Lacanians have been forbidden to read me, and, if they were in Paris, were told that they should not read my first book on Lacan. Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77841819419761060972015-06-22T07:17:41.553-07:002015-06-22T07:17:41.553-07:00LOL. You address none of the CBT points, but prefe...LOL. You address none of the CBT points, but prefer a deranged rant against your ex, psychoanalysis. Badiou and Zizek are not analysts, by the way. Instead, in shilling for CBT, you're advocating for reason to be adapted to what is "helpful" to the reasoner. Sounds a lot like relativism, narcissism, and moral cowardice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68741570307917439222015-06-22T06:46:30.539-07:002015-06-22T06:46:30.539-07:00Oh my, apparently all of that psychoanalysis has n...Oh my, apparently all of that psychoanalysis has not done very much for your foul temper and bad mood. Sorry to hear it. I have addressed many of these issues in my last book, among them the question of the empirical basis for psychoanalysis. See Edward Erwin's book: A Final Accounting. Obviously, hope die hard, but psychoanalysis has pretty much died out by now... except perhaps in France and Argentina. It did not die out because it's effective. It died out because, as Freud and Lacan both agreed, it is not clinically effective. Lacan said that it was a scam, but I have discussed that often enough in enough places, so I will not repeat myself. I also discussed the use of the placebo effect in psychoanalysis. If psychoanalysis continues to survive in France that's because they are not pretending to be curing anything. They are providing a cultural re-education, one that has been modeled on the Chinese Cultural Revolution... which continues to inspire many of them. Check out their favorite philosophers, Badiou and Zizek. Of course, the Lacanian movement is an authoritarian cult... but presumably you do not know any more about that than you know about theory. Cognitive exercises are not suggestion, but insight oriented therapy certainly is.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62588619084493190672015-06-22T05:37:58.157-07:002015-06-22T05:37:58.157-07:00Well, for starters, CBT losing its effectiveness:
...Well, for starters, CBT losing its effectiveness:<br />http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/06/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-is-losing-its-effectiveness-in-clinical-trials/<br /><br />No long-term benefit for online CBT:<br />http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/13/113<br /><br />I assume you're proficient at google, and can therefore find plenty of other critiques of CBT yourself, as well as evidence underpinning the common factors approach, which highlights why apps might make poor therapists. There is growing empirical evidence for psychoanalysis, from Fonagy, in the UK, for instance, as well as a number of researchers from Belgium and elsewhere. Somehow, though, I suspect your objection to psychoanalysis is not really about empirical data.<br /><br />In any case, have you read Beck? Ellis? Their doctrine is little more than suggestion. It's authoritarian garbage, and the sort of philosophically naive coaching on positivity more appropriate to China (circa the Cultural Revolution) than a contemporary democracy. It's a cheap and shoddy product, perfect for insurance companies and bureaucrats, but not something any therapy-literate person would use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-87191701903812198002015-06-22T05:12:04.784-07:002015-06-22T05:12:04.784-07:00It would be a nice idea to share your evidence. Ro...It would be a nice idea to share your evidence. Rosenberg and many, many others have provided a great deal of evidence to support their viewpoint. It has become more and more available as therapists have documented its value... and as I mentioned in my book studies show that one or another variety of CBT is among the best treatments for autism. One might mention that psychoanalysis, as practiced by Freud and Freudians does not allow for a human relationship.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-7080415095561486622015-06-22T05:07:05.855-07:002015-06-22T05:07:05.855-07:00Actually, the evidence shows that CBT is effective...Actually, the evidence shows that CBT is effective only for the short-term, almost useless in the absence of an actual human relationship, and diminishing in its returns over the past 40 years. But. if you put your faith in a CBT app to teach you how to reason, go right ahead. The results couldn't be worse than this gullible post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com