[sickcodebruh]

Congratulations on the launch! I haven’t checked out the app yet but CBT is something close to my heart. I started doing traditional talk therapy as a teenager and it never seemed to help anything. As an adult, after years of wild ups and downs, I finally wound up working with someone who specialized in CBT. She and the experience changed everything for me. I see A handful of comments here talking about how CBT doesn’t work for everyone; however, for others, it might be the only thing that DOES work.

These days, I don’t see a therapist anymore in part because finding someone who does CBT in my area and accepting my insurance has proven impossible but I do work through a CBT workbook on occasion. It helps me manage get the ship sailing back on course when a storm messes up navigation for too long. This could just as easily be done in an app and I’d certainly reach for your product or one like it before seeing another “tell me about your problems while I sit silently and nod at you” therapist.

[phowson83]

It's great to hear about your experiences with CBT and hear from someone in the ~50% for whom CBT works. We certainly wouldn't bill it as a panacea for all conditions, as we've discussed in the comments section here, and it's wrong to see it as such, but for those who it works for it's an excellent tool. Also great to hear that so-called bibliotherapy has been of assistance to you.

As you allude to, while there are many academic papers showing the efficacy of CBT, DBT and ACT, in various forms of trial, some other forms of talk therapy are not backed by such a robust evidence base.