CBT has done wonderful things for me. Every penny I spent was well worth it! It is not the only form of therapy that I have tried, and I have found CBT to be extremely effective in teaching me how to take control of specific thought and behavior patterns, and i only had to go a few times! Once u have a handle on whatever thoughts and feelings you are dealing with, and you still feel that you want to get to the root of the problem, regular talk therapy can help you more with that… talk therapy/psychoanalysis on its own was not as effective for me while I was still dealing with the anxieties… Once the emotions were manageable, i was able to start digging deeper to understand them…
I also know other people that have tried CBT and found it extremely helpful.
and btw, regardless of what form of therapy you choose, you have to make sure that u have a good patient-therapist relationship