Why should a disinterested third party, without firsthand experience, recommend these therapies over CBT given the relative lack of evidence?
E.g. Other than those who practice them and their clients, do they have any reputable backers? Has it been shown by disinterested parties to work better on certain types of people? Is there any other source of evidence that backs the notion that they are predictably superior for at least a subset of the population?
I’m not sure if there is any reason that should be strongly persuasive to a disinterested third party, at the moment. I think the current evidence is more on the level of “anecdotally, it seems like a lot of rationalists and EAs get something out of things like IFS”.
But given that one can try out a few sessions of a therapy and see whether you seem to be getting anything out of it, that seems to be okay? Anecdotal evidence isn’t enough to strongly show that one should definitely do a particular kind of therapy. But it can be enough to elevate a therapy to the level of things that might be worth giving a shot to see if anything comes out of it.
Why should a disinterested third party, without firsthand experience, recommend these therapies over CBT given the relative lack of evidence?
E.g. Other than those who practice them and their clients, do they have any reputable backers? Has it been shown by disinterested parties to work better on certain types of people? Is there any other source of evidence that backs the notion that they are predictably superior for at least a subset of the population?
I’m not sure if there is any reason that should be strongly persuasive to a disinterested third party, at the moment. I think the current evidence is more on the level of “anecdotally, it seems like a lot of rationalists and EAs get something out of things like IFS”.
But given that one can try out a few sessions of a therapy and see whether you seem to be getting anything out of it, that seems to be okay? Anecdotal evidence isn’t enough to strongly show that one should definitely do a particular kind of therapy. But it can be enough to elevate a therapy to the level of things that might be worth giving a shot to see if anything comes out of it.