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Originally Posted by NP_Complete
I think evidence-based with regards to psychology is highly overrated. Insurance companies and other entities like the NHS push evidence-based treatment because it's usually time-limited and will cost them less money. I think in theory it's good to pursue evidence that a treatment is effective, but there are limitations to the way these studies are set up and executed. There have also been studies that show that the effectiveness of evidence-based treatment is not always and perhaps quite frequently not long-term.
I think proving something in psychology is an entirely different beast than proving something in other scientific fields and if you're waiting for proof, you may be waiting a long time.
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It's absolutely not overrated. By evidence I very much mean to include objective feedback on how well the intervention works for the particular client. I don't mean just scientific research. Such feedback mechanism requires a lot of objective data and their analysis, i.e. it's most certainly evidence based. And it has been done before.
Has nothing to do with insurance companies or the NHS and blah blah. It's got to do with, does the treatment work or does it not work? Does it decrease your symptoms? Do you not want that checked that if you go to a regular doctor? Or even just a car mechanic? Why would you not want to do it when it comes to your mental and emotional health?!
Just because maybe the therapist would feel offended if the feedback shows their work needs improvement or that you perhaps need another therapist or some other approach altogether? It's in your own interest and for your own benefit to want evidence for the treatment actually working. Who even told you that it's "highly overrated"?