I found the CBT and other behavioral skills I learned in therapy the real take-aways with me into life beyond therapy (and I neither felt treated like an idiot nor found the methods infantilizing, patronizing, or condescending). Isn't it nice that there are methods of variety to suit a variety of clients? I do think it is used poorly by poorly trained therapists too often, however. But in the hands of a truly experienced and skilled therapist with the ability to pull in CBT techniques along with a variety of other methods to best help a client . . . CBT techniques can be very helpful.