Hi,
I just read the article myself and I share your concern. I'm especially worried by "CBT is based on the idea that problems aren't caused by situations themselves, but by how we interpret them in our thoughts". This sentence alone is blaming the victim, and suggests that situational factors do not matter. If an individual were depressed because they were unemployed, helping them to reinterpret their job hunt could help, but it won't improve the economy, make more jobs or remove the competition.
Have you read much on critical health psychology? The area has some interesting critical view points on 'mainstream' psychology.
Mike
On 8 Aug 2013, at 10:26, Jivan Mohanty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/23590545
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> Is anyone at least in the slightest perturbed by the BBC's article above, and general orientation towards psychology, that uncritically advocates CBT? I don't even know who authored this article. How to even begin combatting this one-dimensional view of therapy that is being made/has been made hegemonic by the BBC and other news outlets?
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