Slightly strange question but I had a course of CBT last year (well, nearly a course, we stopped after 8 of 12 weeks because it wasn't helping me and was actually making me worse).
Now my psychiatrist has referred me again for CBT because drugs are not helping. I am really not sure that this is a good idea but she has told me that because it if for a different issue - previously we focused on anxiety, this time it will be for depression it will be different and might work.

I am totally unconvinced because I don't think that CBT will magically change, in that it will still be based on the assumption that my core beliefs are wrong/distorted, won't take into account past experience and even though I will be able to recognise that my thought are illogical, I still won't be able to make myself believe alternative explanations.

Has anyone ever used CBT for different problems, and is it likely to suddenly be helpful (given that my mood now is far lower than it was last time I tried this and the main reason I was given for it not working was that my mood was too low for the therapy to be effective )