Brief psychotherapy: the role of common and specific factors

✍ Scribed by Sol L. Garfield

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 118 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1063-3995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199712)4:4<217::aid-cpp134>3.0.co;2-y

✦ Synopsis

This article discusses some of the important recent developments in psychotherapy. One such development is the increased recognition and utilization of brief psychotherapy, especially in the United States where time limits for psychotherapy are being set by health maintenance and insurance organizations. Along with the increased demand for brief psychotherapy have been apparent the proliferation of the psychotherapies as well as the popularity of eclectic and integrative approaches. The present article emphasizes an eclectic orientation as allowing the greatest flexibility in meeting current demands. In this approach use is made of the factors deemed to be common to most forms of therapy as well as specific factors derived from various schools. Such procedures allow the therapist to make therapy as effective and efficient as possible.