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Absolutely, I pointed out a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (behavioral activation) because it's easy advice that may help people.

The science is pretty clear that a combination of medication and professionally-guided CBT has the most effective rates for treating depression, and that some specific treatments specifically don't work at all for some people.

There are tons of other types of therapies as well:

http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/content/therapy_me...

Which one is "most effective" (by what measure?) is very debatable.

Here's a Jungian critique of CBT ("Psychology's New God") :

http://hbmag.com/jungian-psychology-series-psychology’s-new-...

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