I did try it years ago to help stop smoking, I didn't get on with the guy doing it and I told him why I wasn't getting on with it, mostly because he sat behind a screen, talking through a microphone whilst I was lying on a couch. He did it as a kind of guided meditation and to my mind he did it to fast and not very well, but then having spent so much time on meditation retreats and running them too, maybe I was being to critical, but he was not open to feed back, not even turning off his microphone. I don't know if my mind is to well trained in those sort of techniques or if it was a trust thing, I just went in there, and he wanted to get straight on with it which didn't feel comfortable or safe.
I tried this about 5 years ago, but it didn't work for me either antidepressants have helped though. As KK says it may work for others. Unfortunately it seems you have to try and work through different options to see what helps you as an individual, sometimes its not one thing but combinations that work too.
