I came across this site looking for this very topic...too bad it's a year or more old thread. Oh well my $0.02 anyway.
I've looked into cbt and I can't see the point in it...I mean if your problems are internal and maybe you just can't stop yourself from spiraling down into negative thoughts once you have even a minor negative stimuli ok maybe...but when your problems that totally destroy you on a daily basis are real, totally external, and beyond your control I just don't see how this method can work.
Considering what my problems are I see like this; You've got no arms, you can't move, you can still feel perfectly fine, someone comes up and begins stabbing me in the leg over and over. cbt says I should simply not think about this as I normally would...ok I'm still getting stabbed in the f* leg you dolt...no amount of happy thoughts or ignoring the situation or trying to "think differently" is going to change that or stop the flow of blood and pain now is it? Nor is simply discussing the matter going to stop it. Only one thing would stop it, stopping it from happening, but in my case this isn't possible.
Granted, it's not really that basic of a process but that's how it always came off to me; ignore the issue and act like it isn't an issue and when you see the issue come up think about it differently. This might work for some but for those with real external problems that are beyond their control that negatively impact them daily if not every second...I just can't buy into it, did try.
Now have I seen a counselor who used this method? No, but I have read up on it...didn't feel like wasting time/gas/money considering what I've read about it, plus if just talking could help me it would have LONG ago. Always makes me feel way worse discussing my issues.