A Behavior Therapist Looks at Rapprochement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9022286
AutoresMarvin R Goldfried (0000-0003-4659-8127, State University of New York, autor de correspondencia)
Año1983
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas97-107
Fecha de publicación1983-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167883231008
OpenAlexW1989064067
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

There is a growing movement within the field of psychotherapy in the direction of increasing rapprochement. In pursuing the search for common elements across the psychotherapies, it is likely to be more profitable if we look at clinical principles or strategies, which represent a level of abstraction somewhere between technique and theory. In finding points of commonality among different orientations, however, it would be a mistake to arrive at the conclusion that "we all do the same thing." Real differences are likely to remain even after we have isolated overlapping themes. Rather than viewing psychodynamic, humanistic, and behavioral orientations as representing antagonistic forces, it may be more appropriate to considered them complementary vantage points for understanding human functioning and the facilitation of therapeutic change. In addition to discussing the above issues, this article considers the barriers that may prevent rapprochement, together with ways in which they may be overcome

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