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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 20 July 2013 05:24:27AM 1 point [-]

the only form of psychotherapy proven to work better than placebo

Depending on what you mean by placebo. Talking to someone trained in most brands of therapy is no better than talking to the untrained, but it's a lot better than no therapy. Also, I think it has been demonstrated that reading this book about CBT is useful, though not as useful as talking to someone trained in CBT. Compared to talking to the untrained, I don't know.