Cognitive-behavioural therapy and evidence based practice: past, present and future

摘要

In this article I look at the fact that cognitive-behavioural therapy and evidence-based practice are currently favoured by the Government and healthcare authorities and that this is a cause for anxiety and concern amongst some therapists. I argue for developing an approach to current debates about these approaches to clinical practice in the counselling and psychotherapy profession based on the principles of the evolution of consciousness. In particular I take the view that our understanding of such developments can be transformed if we adopt a broader evolutionary perspective.