Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of psychotherapy obviously, so if the article is representing the Cochrane analysis accurately, it contradicts what you've repeatedly heard.

Edit: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/11/alcohol... specifically mentions CBT as one of the psychotherapies found to be less effective by this new meta-study. and the NYT article now linked at the top goes into this.