Cognitive behavioral therapy is among the most extensively tested psychotherapeutic treatments for depression. By 2000, there were more than 80 controlled research studies testing the effectiveness of CBT with depression (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). The results of these studies show that CBT is as effective as well-administered antidepressant medications as a treatment for depression. And some meta-analytic reviews suggest CBT is slightly better than antidepressant medications in alleviating depressive symptoms (Segal, Whitney, Lam, & CANMAT Depression Work Group, 2001). Meta-analyses published in the 1980s (Dobson, 1989), the 1990s (Hollon, Shelton, & Loosen, 1991 ; Gloaguen et al., 1998 ), and after 2000 (Cuijpers et al., 2008;
