I just was reading some stuff about how CBT has been criticized by not considering the therapeutic relationship enough and now are trying to address that type of claim, which is considered exaggerated but justified. There is almost universal recognition that the relationship is a key factor to effectiveness, more powerful than technique/method, and since CBT remains focused on being evidence-based, it admits that that cannot be overlooked.

What I found interesting is that the relationship was considered so much more complex that the usual attention to beliefs or schemas is not considered the way to approach it. All the aspects that other types of therapeutic approaches consider (especially psychoanalytic) like interpersonal relating, attachment, non-conscious material, etc. was part of the CBT re-thinking of this issue and how to add it in.

So I wonder if one problem might be that some people with CBT training that is earlier may not be up to date on how CBT has modified its approach in order to accommodate the importance of the relationship.