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Thank you Mike for that reference I will have a look; and I totally agree Penny. Having experienced only 4 group-sessions (not going for the remaining 2) of CBT around a year and a half ago I knew something was off with its very foundations. I am struggling to figure out how to approach the all pervasive advocacy and practice of CBT, not only in the welfare function of my University, but peers of mine. It's so frustrating because the people who advocate it are 'experts' and the peers who support it, support it exactly because it is advocated by 'experts' who are 'evidence-based', whatever that means. On 8 August 2013 15:15, pennypriest <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > But that idea, about CBT being based not on events themselves but our > interpretation of events, is precisely the very foundation of CBT. So it's > not just BBC reporting which is the problem, but CBT itself...which has > obviously been said many times. > > > > > On 2013-08-08 14:46, Michael Walton wrote: > >> 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<http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/23590545> >>> >>> 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? >>> >>> ______________________________**_____ >>> There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post >>> contact Grant [log in to unmask] >>> To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, >>> visit the website: >>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-**bin/webadmin?A0=**COMMUNITYPSYCHUK<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**_____ >> There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post >> contact Grant [log in to unmask] >> To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK >> list, visit the website: >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-**bin/webadmin?A0=**COMMUNITYPSYCHUK<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK> >> > > ______________________________**_____ > There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact > Grant [log in to unmask] > To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, > visit the website: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-**bin/webadmin?A0=**COMMUNITYPSYCHUK<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK> > ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK