DBT and CBT harm people with CPTSD.

EDITED to add on 10/18/24:

Please note that the title of my post is my opinion based on my personal experience and reading and is not medical advice.

Original post:

A lot of people (including myself) have posted in this sub and others about finding CBT very invalidating and harmful for victims of trauma like people with CPTSD.

But DBT seems to often fly under this radar in regards to such criticism.

I read an old post on this sub about how DBT also gaslights trauma victims.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/s/ayLAilUxwd

The creator of DBT has talked about how features of it (“punishing” people who try to unalive themselves etc.) is to prevent patients from burning out their therapists.

DBT and CBT were super popular years ago. They still are widely used as they are cheap and easy to administer. It seems EMDR is now the new popular kid on the block.

While I think EMDR can be helpful i think it’s important to question everyone and everything about any therapy.

What are your thoughts?

UPDATE: Thank you for all of your responses. I read all of them and tried to respond to as many as possible.

Even though we may not all agree or have had different experiences it’s so important to have these discussions.

Speak truth to power.

This sub has been so helpful for me. I didn’t even know what CPTSD was, let alone that I had it, until I stumbled upon this sub a few months ago.

Reading your posts and comments on this sub has given me more hope and good advice than I ever got in years of therapy.

Thank you so much!!!! ❤️❤️❤️