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Why is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy becoming so popular with people seeking counselling? What are the limitations of this form of therapy, and is it suitable for everyone?

Factors behind the increasing popularity of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Accessibility

A major factor behind the popularity of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is its accessibility. There has been a big increase in the number of CBT therapists available on the NHS – in 2007, the government earmarked £173m to train an extra 3,600 therapists in the approach by 2010 (figures from The Independent, link at the end of the article) Furthermore, following the trend there has been an increase in health insurance providers who cover talking therapy as part of their healthcare policies.

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PressRelease: London, 24 March 2010. Enquiries have continued to grow for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) since Harley Therapy, a therapy service in Central London, first observed a growing trend in 2006. More established talking therapies, such as psychodynamic, gestalt, existential, person-centred or psychoanalytic therapy now appear to have been overtaken by CBT.

45% of enquiries for adult individual therapy (not including couples therapy, or child & adolescent counselling)) over the past 3 months have been for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy rather than any other therapeutic approaches on offer.

Clinical Director, Dr Sheri Jacobson believes that the popularity of CBT stems partly from the government’s roll out of CBT programs incorporated in the IAPT initiative (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). (more…)