Common factors in couple and family therapy [electronic resource] : the overlooked foundation for effective practice / Douglas H. Sprenkle, Sean D. Davis, Jay L. Lebow.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sprenkle, Douglas H.
Other Authors: Davis, Sean D.
Lebow, Jay
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, c2009.
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Variant Title:
Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy: The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • What is responsible for therapeutic change? : two paradigms
  • A brief history of common factors
  • Common factors unique to couple and family therapy
  • The big-picture view of common factors
  • A moderate view of common factors
  • Getting clients fired up for a change : matching therapist behavior with client motivation
  • A strong therapeutic alliance
  • Models : all roads lead to rome
  • A meta-model of change in couple therapy
  • The case against common factors
  • Common factors training and supervision
  • Implications for clinicians and researchers.