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I think it can be a cure if the issue is:
Lack of coping skills/bad habits > swap habits > less stress.
IF and ONLY IF there's no underlying issue that you can't deal with by changing habits.
F.E. if you are stressed to the hilt, but you have a ton of bad habits meditation and a stress diary may well solve the issue. But if you have an underlying anxiety problem due to agoraphobia that comes from a past trauma...you may need to dig deeper.
Ultimately you need a way to measure what's what, and psychology in my experience doesn't necessarily have it, therapists go by what works in their experience but if that doesn't work for you, you are off to somebody else which is all nice and well if you can/the issue isn't so massively impacting is must be solved NOW...but NHS services are utter shite in many parts of the UK.
JWestland-
Just to move the thread on a bit, and because I was genuinely suprised...
My other hobby / sport is target shooting. This is a discipline which relies very much on stillness and relaxation, it's very much a mental game (think golf, but way more boring). In a recent article on how to "shut out the noise of external factors" the author talks about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as possible techniques to quell anxiety. (She also talks about the importance of visualisation, and how useful Mindfulness Medication is).
I don't know much about EMDR and EFT but I was suprised that she mentioned techniques like those in connection with such an important subject. I would have thought that there were much more effective things for reducing anxiety and "the jips" in a situation like that.
I feel like I'm about to drop a piece of meat into a tank full of pirahna fish, but has anyone got any thoughts on the above techniques?
stevep
I certainly have no objection to treating the symptoms. Doctors do that all the time. My worry is that CBT has been accepted as a cure rather than an analgesic.