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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
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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