The founder of common factors: A conversation with Saul Rosenzweig.

Abstract

In preparation for a commentary on Saul Rosenzweig’s classic 1936 paper,“Some Implicit Common Methods in Diverse Forms of Psychotherapy,” anamazing discovery was made: Saul Rosenzweig is not only alive but also stillcontributing to science and society at age 93. This article sets the stage for aconversation with the incredibly prolific Dr. Rosenzweig by tracing the im-pact of his seminal contribution on early common factors theorists. Thisreview reveals Rosenzweig’s unrecognized but profound influence on lead-ing figures of not only common factors but also of psychotherapy itself. Aconversation with Rosenzweig, the founder of common factors, is presented.This noted scholar and wise elder of psychology reflects on the evolution ofhis thinking from common factors to idiodynamics, and on topics rangingfrom his passion for literature to his 1965 Buick Skylark, from the history ofpsychotherapy to falling in love with ideas.

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