Common factors in couple and family therapy the overlooked foundation for effective practice

Abstract

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. Appendix A: Moderate Common-Factors Supervision Checklist. Appendix B: Instruments from Other Authors Related to Common Factors.

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