It would take a large effort to go through all my training notes and readings. I have 3 textbooks on CBT and other textbooks that contain information on CBT. I have not looked on the internet for information, but I know there are online CBT courses for patients. I'm sure people would be able to find information on the history, theory and practice of CBT and CBT therapy on the internet. Personally I don't have time to do that at the moment because of Microbediscovery tasks.
You have to immerse in it properly to get anywhere with formulating arguments well, based on principles and ethics with respect to what's going on with the issues. The foundations on which they have built their approach to me/cfs on are wobbly, and this could be pinned down to formulate good arguments against their work being valid. I think ethical boundaries have been crossed as well and this is victimising a group of patients and been abusive.
The sad thing here, is due to their approach, a valuable therapeutic tool which can help people cope better with any illness or general life stressors - when used appropriately in a decent therapeutic relationship - is being seen as negative. This is also in a population of people that really could benefit from any tool that helps decrease stress. How is that helping patients! It is perfectly rational to fear anything that could exacerbate any illness.
They are oversimplifying CBT and have filtered their own beleifs about the illness into it, and made it into a unique model for themselves with respect to one illness! It is the appliction of a theory that they have taken too far in my view.
I am also sure there are plenty of therapists and psychologists and psychiatrists for that matter that will be seeing this unethical application going on and will be unimpressed and even embarrassed by all this.
