Psyched About CBT, Ctd

Headline at @sullydish today: “Psyched About CBT.” Not what you’re thinking, kinksters. http://t.co/yK84nrN9F5

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) July 12, 2014

Judging by our inbox, Dan was not the only one to notice the other meaning. On a more serious note, a reader writes:

I realize you’re trying to be balanced here, but Jenny Diski’s article makes it pretty clear she’s never actually tried cognitive behavioral therapy and is in fact just opposed to a political philosophy. I’ve been in and out of talk therapy for anxiety and depression all of my life, and my last therapist (not one specifically trained in CBT, as far as I know) pointed me toward The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns, which is a do-it-yourself CBT manual. It helped to make me realize what I was thinking and which parts were really just in my head, and now at least some of the time…