Free, online, computerized (research-tested) Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
"Free" ought to have your skeptic force-fields on full power, right? But this is for real; there are no hidden costs or obligations. It grew out of a research program in Australia.
One of these days I hope we'll get a head-to-head, John Henry test: the computer versus the live therapist (for those of you without the benefit of a classical education, John Henry was the guy in folk legend who tried to outperform the steam engine back in the days of railroad construction) (the part about the classical education was supposed to be a joke, mind you. I learned about John Henry from the song by the John Mitchell trio...).
As you may know, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the forms of psychotherapy which has been shown to be as good as medications for the treatment of most kinds of depression, including a version of CBT used in bipolar depression. But many people can't afford it, or think they can't (don't forget to add up those medication co-pays).
And there are plenty of folks who can't find a good, live CBT therapist (none in the area; none covered by insurance, and can't afford to pay for it without insurance; that kind of thing). And finally, there are people who just wouldn't go even if they could afford and find one -- but could still benefit from CBT.
If you know of anyone in that position, they might want to know about the free, online CBT program with no strings or loss of privacy. Here's my brief introduction (including some of the research studies that have been done on this approach).
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One of these days I hope we'll get a head-to-head, John Henry test: the computer versus the live therapist (for those of you without the benefit of a classical education, John Henry was the guy in folk legend who tried to outperform the steam engine back in the days of railroad construction) (the part about the classical education was supposed to be a joke, mind you. I learned about John Henry from the song by the John Mitchell trio...).
As you may know, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the forms of psychotherapy which has been shown to be as good as medications for the treatment of most kinds of depression, including a version of CBT used in bipolar depression. But many people can't afford it, or think they can't (don't forget to add up those medication co-pays).
And there are plenty of folks who can't find a good, live CBT therapist (none in the area; none covered by insurance, and can't afford to pay for it without insurance; that kind of thing). And finally, there are people who just wouldn't go even if they could afford and find one -- but could still benefit from CBT.
If you know of anyone in that position, they might want to know about the free, online CBT program with no strings or loss of privacy. Here's my brief introduction (including some of the research studies that have been done on this approach).
5 Comments:
You confused me with your reference to a classical education. I didn't know that there were railroads in ancient Greece and Rome.
Right, no railroads then. Broad sense of the term "classical education" -- and for fun. I will presume this reader is having fun with it too. Fair enough!
Yes, fun, indeed. The reader also spent many years mastering Latin and Greek and is rather proud of her classical education.
I was glad to see the warnings you mentioned. I am in the position that I need something beyond medication right now, but cash flow is an issue.
I am facing rather large challenges that are already threatening to shake a reasonably stable foundation. My BP has been well controlled for a long time now.
ok, getting to the point... I am curious as to how seriously you mean those warnings. Do people really benefit from this dettached, non-personal sort of interaction?
Yes, at least according to their research, it can actually help -- but it has not been compared directly with a real-person interaction.
JP
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