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by Regnore 1138 days ago
What is CBT in this context because the CBT that comes to my mind - while fantastic if that's what you're into - would not typically be useful as a mental health treatment
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It’s most definitely Cognitive Behavioral Therapy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
Thank you. I was afraid to google CBT at work.
> while fantastic if that's what you're into - would not typically be useful as a mental health treatment

hopefully you were thinking of cognitive behavioral therapy because you would be correct:

> Whenever one hears the claim that CBT is the more 'effective' treatment, we can confidently translate this to refer to its role as the most cost-effective form of psychological social control[1]

1: https://melbournelacanian.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/the-found...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy