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To the editor : Guest contributor Jonathan Alpert’s op-ed overgeneralizes when it comes to the state of mental health treatment ( “AI therapy isn’t getting better. Therapists are just failing,” Sept. 30). Of course there are some bad therapists as there bad surgeons and bad attorneys. However, there are many excellent therapists doing more than just listening to their patients.

I am a licensed psychologist in California and have utilized cognitive behavioral therapy for almost 50 years. CBT is an evidenced-based therapy that is widely taught in graduate schools. Listening to patients is of course very important, but it is not the only thing that well-trained therapists do. I te

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