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Tag: Don Meichenbaum

Five Incredible Days in Anaheim

From December 9-13th, eight thousand five hundred mental health practitioners, from countries around the globe, gathered in Anaheim, California to attend the "Evolution of Psychotherapy" conference. Held every five years since 1985, the conference started big and has grown only larger. "Only a few places in the US can accomodate such a large gathering," says Jeffrey K.… — read more

Dec 15, 2009
Evolution of Psychotherapy and the International Center for Clinical Excellence

Dateline: Chicago, Illinois December 7, 2009 I’ve just finished packing my bags and am heading for the airport. Tomorrow the "Evolution of Psychotherapy" begins. Nearly 25 years after volunteering at the first "Evolution" conference, I’m back a second time to present. Tomorrow, I’ll be talking about "Achieving Clinical Excellence." On the days that follow, I’m… — read more

Dec 9, 2009
Common versus Specific Factors and the Future of Psychotherapy: A Response to Siev and Chambless

Early last summer, I received an email from my long time friend and colleague Don Meichenbaum alerting me to an article published in the April 2009 edition of the Behavior Therapist–the official "newsletter" of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies–critical of the work that I and others have done on the common factors. Briefly, the article,… — read more

Oct 31, 2009
The Evolution of Psychotherapy: Twenty-Five Years On

In 1985, I was starting my second year as a doctoral student at the University of Utah. Like thousands of other graduate students, I’d watched the "Gloria" films. Carl Roger, Albert Ellis, Fritz Perls were all impressive if not confusing given their radically different styles. I also knew that I would soon have the opportunity to meet each one live… — read more

Sep 1, 2009

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