If body-based psychotherapy is supposedly so effective, why isn’t it more common?

Q: If body-based psychotherapy is supposedly so effective, why isn’t it more common?

A: Sunk costs and incentive structures …

We DO KNOW HOW to educate kids as well … so why hasn’t K-12 been revamped and fixed??

Same answer: Sunk costs and incentive structures …

In any complex system, there are deep drivers to preserve the status-quo (aka homeostasis) … people who’ve invested decades in cognitive and verbal therapies are on these teams, committee’s, professorships and accreditation boards.

They don’t want to be pushed into obsolescence, and so they pretend that the existing methods are on par with somatic methods … they clearly ARE NOT.

Dewey Gaedcke’s answer to What are the benefits of seeking therapy?

Why is there so much disbelief and victim-blaming when people are harmed by therapy and mental health care? Why do people not want to accept that therapy can legitimately make things worse for some people?

https://www.quora.com/search?q=homeostasis%20preservation&author=84795924

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Original answer on Quora found here