r/CBT is a subreddit with 39k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses cbt, therapy, anxiety, thoughts, and emotions, and they frequently recommend/review self-help books.
CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy): often short term form of psychotherapy originally designed to treat depression, but is now used for a variety of mental health problems.
Popular Themes in r/CBT
#1
Advice Requests
: "Online Therapy Reviews? Best Therapists? Virtual Options Only"
19 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Best Therapy Apps for Mental Health"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "cbt is a blessing"
5 posts
Popular Topics in r/CBT
#1
Cbt
: "I just had my first experience with a truly directive Cbt therapist who was not afraid to forcefully dispute my irrational beliefs when he noticed them. This is sadly missing in most modern therapy"
237 posts
#2
Therapy
: "Affordable couples Therapy?"
60 posts
#3
Anxiety
: "It needs to be reaffirmed: with CBT, you don't merely need to "accept" you're stuck with crippling Anxiety or depression and learn to live with it anyway; you CAN conquer it fully."
48 posts
#4
Thoughts
: "Started collecting evidence against my negative Thoughts instead of for them"
28 posts
#5
Emotions
: "Techniques for dealing with strong, negative Emotions?"
15 posts
#6
Depression
: "It needs to be reaffirmed: with CBT, you don't merely need to "accept" you're stuck with crippling anxiety or Depression and learn to live with it anyway; you CAN conquer it fully."
13 posts
#7
Struggling
11 posts
#8
App
: "The Feeling Great App has made an astounding leap: now theres an option for a short session, in which you can also pick the specific method to use from a large list for one or two thoughts, without going through the whole 1 hour structure"
10 posts
#9
Therapist
: "Are Therapists lying about knowing how to do CBT?"
10 posts
#10
Ocd
: "I went from moderate-severe, multifaceted Ocd to nearly symptom-free all in one year"
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/CBT
Self-help Books
2 reviews
Member Growth in r/CBT
Yearly
+10k members(33.8%)
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Last updated: May 30, 2026