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The article is a critique of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It questions CBT’s understanding of human suffering as well as the so-called science that underlines it, and the philosophy that underlines that. CBT psychology has fetishized measurement and believes that only the countable counts. It is argued that the science of CBT is not just “bad science” but “corrupt science.” The article also tracks the ways in which managerialist bureaucracies in the United Kingdom have distorted statistical realities in order to sustain the impression of CBT’s efficacy. It is argued that the claims of CBT are vastly exaggerated from the degree to which symptoms are reduced, the durability of the improvement, as well as the numbers of people it claims to help.