There is an extensive literature on how certain behavioral techniques result in behavioral change more effectively than insight oriented psychotherapies.
Techniques include: Flooding, systematic desensitization, altering reinforcement contingencies.
We know that insight and awareness isn't required for these techniques to be effective because these techniques can be just as effectively delivered to animals (e.g., bacteria, rats, dogs), infants, intellectually handicapped people, as well as to adults.
Some theoretical orientations prize insight and awareness over behavioral change. I'm not committing to what I think is better. I just wanted to point out that successfully altering your behavior doesn't show that you have insight and are aware, and similarly having insight and awareness doesn't mean that one necessarily changes ones behavior.
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