A Behavior Therapist Looks at Rapprochement

Bibliographic Data

ID9022286
AuthorsMarvin R Goldfried (0000-0003-4659-8127, State University of New York, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume23
Issue1
Pages97-107
Publication date1983-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167883231008
OpenAlexW1989064067
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

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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