Just like with any other specialists, there are good docs and bad ones. There are docs who specialize in depressive disorders and it is my OPINION that these are not the type of doctors phobia suffers need. If you have depression because of your phobia, you still need a doc that specializes in anxiety disorders.

I saw a doc for about a year that specialized in depression, but also dealt with some anxiety disorders. She was very nice, listened well and had a few good tips, but really did nothing to attack my phobias and anxiety.

Also, my OPINION is that it depends on the type of person you are, too. Not that one way is better than the other, but I like to just get down to brass tacks. Give me a series of jobs or exersizes so I can feel like I am doing something. I don't want to sit and talk about it forever. I mean, it's all very interesting about how I got this way or how I feel about my mom and stuff but what about now?

Fact gathering only gets you... more informed. In my OPINON. CBT is great... for me.