Do you believe talk therapy will survive in an era of quick results approaches?

So I’ve been formulating this opinion/theory. I believe as human beings we lean towards wanting quick fixes and ridding pain as quick as possible. Totally understandable, being in pain sucks. I believe the mental health field has caught on to this and has created revolutionary approaches that essentially advertises quick, long lasting results. What comes to mind are approaches like ART and RRT, but also more broadly, EMDR and brainspotting. I’ve even understood these approaches as being cures.

By no means am I criticizing these modalities. I believe the research (EMDR mostly) and I’m even giving it a try myself. Do I fully understand how somatic approaches or these accelerated approaches work? No. I don’t believe any of us fully understand the human brain. Again, just my opinion!!

But I’m genuinely concerned for traditional talk therapies. I’m trained in ACT and absolutely love it. I wonder how it’ll survive, alongside all the other cognitive therapies, and even psychodynamic or psychoanalytic approaches. Every day I see referrals on therapist groups of clients wanting EMDR, ART, brainspotting, etc. they will actually specify “no talk therapies”. I mean wow. I guess for folks like me who don’t believe therapy is a process that can be rushed and aren’t interested in becoming trained in these approaches, are we done for in this field?

Lastly, I may be fully wrong on these approaches being considered quick fixes. So I am open to being corrected or learning more. Part of my opinion also comes from EMDR intensives, which often are advertised as a few multiple hour sessions for “fast results”.

I’d love to hear your thoughts!