Common Factors Therapy
A Principle-Based Treatment Framework
Published on 11. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
267 pages
978-1-4338-3887-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book highlights common factors as a psychotherapeutic treatment and offers related techniques that can be used as rubrics to improve clinical practice and training.
The authors discuss five key common factors: the therapeutic relationship, motivation, corrective experiencing, insight, and self-efficacy, which serve as heuristics for therapists of any background.
Each factor is broken down into a set of core principles, intervention concepts, and example techniques, such as motivational interviewing skills, confronting distress to move towards change, adopting a multicultural orientation, and empowering clients.
Deliberate practice methods are provided so that clinicians can rehearse common factor approaches and integrate them into their own work.
Reviewing past efforts to define actionable common factors-including the contextual model of therapy-as well as transtheoretical studies and techniques, the book provides a uniquely well-defined common factors model of treatment and paves the way for future innovations.
The authors discuss five key common factors: the therapeutic relationship, motivation, corrective experiencing, insight, and self-efficacy, which serve as heuristics for therapists of any background.
Each factor is broken down into a set of core principles, intervention concepts, and example techniques, such as motivational interviewing skills, confronting distress to move towards change, adopting a multicultural orientation, and empowering clients.
Deliberate practice methods are provided so that clinicians can rehearse common factor approaches and integrate them into their own work.
Reviewing past efforts to define actionable common factors-including the contextual model of therapy-as well as transtheoretical studies and techniques, the book provides a uniquely well-defined common factors model of treatment and paves the way for future innovations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
403 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-3887-3 (9781433838873)
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Persons
Russell J. Bailey, PhD, is an associate professor at Utah Valley University's Behavioral Science department with a training program for Clinical Mental Health Counselors. His research interests include therapy itself, what makes it effective, and what can make it more effective. Dr. Bailey completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Brigham Young University in 2 and has previously worked in private practice, veterans affairs, juvenile justice, and university counseling center settings, including as tenured university clinical faculty. He is a deliberate practice certified therapist.
Benjamin M. Ogles, PhD, is a professor in psychology at Brigham Young University, his alma mater. Previously, he was a professor and academic administrator at Ohio University for 2 years. His main interest is psychotherapy process and outcome research with specific focus on assessing outcome, common factors, and psychotherapy training. Articles coauthored by Dr. Ogles have appeared in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy Research, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Clinical Psychology Review, and Psychotherapy among others. He was the lead author of the book Essentials of Outcome Assessment written with Michael J. Lambert and Scott Fields.
Benjamin M. Ogles, PhD, is a professor in psychology at Brigham Young University, his alma mater. Previously, he was a professor and academic administrator at Ohio University for 2 years. His main interest is psychotherapy process and outcome research with specific focus on assessing outcome, common factors, and psychotherapy training. Articles coauthored by Dr. Ogles have appeared in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy Research, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Clinical Psychology Review, and Psychotherapy among others. He was the lead author of the book Essentials of Outcome Assessment written with Michael J. Lambert and Scott Fields.
Content
Preface
Introduction: A Common Factors Approach to Therapy
Chapter . Common Factors: Hypothesis to Metatheory to Theoretical Orientation
History: Common Factors as a Metatheory
Defining Specific, Nonspecific, and Common Factors
Collections of Common Factors
The Abstraction Problem
A Potential Solution: What Is Needed
Specified Components
Chapter 2. The Therapeutic Relationship, Common Factor
Overview of the Therapeutic Relationship
The Therapeutic Relationship as a Vehicle for Change
Inclusion Criteria for the Therapeutic Relationship
Exclusion Criteria for the Therapeutic Relationship
Definition of the Therapeutic Relationship
Intervention Concepts for the Therapeutic Relationship
Ending Therapy
Summary
Chapter 3. Motivation, Common Factor 2
Overview of Motivation
Inclusion Criteria for Motivation
Exclusion Criteria for Motivation
Definition of Motivation
Intervention Concepts for Motivation
Summary
Chapter 4. Corrective Experiencing, Common Factor 3
Overview of Corrective Experiencing
Inclusion Criteria for Corrective Experiencing
Exclusion Criteria for Corrective Experiencing
Definition of Corrective Experiencing
Intervention Concepts for Corrective Experiencing
Summary
Chapter 5. Insight, Common Factor 4
Overview of Insight
Inclusion Criteria for Insight
Exclusion Criteria for Insight
Definition of Insight
Intervention Concepts for Insight
Summary
Chapter . Self-Efficacy, Common Factor 5
Overview of Self-Efficacy
Inclusion Criteria for Self-Efficacy
Exclusion Criteria for Self-Efficacy
Definition of Self-Efficacy
Intervention Concepts for Self-Efficacy
Summary
Epilogue: The Future of Common Factors Therapy
References
Index
About the Authors
Introduction: A Common Factors Approach to Therapy
Chapter . Common Factors: Hypothesis to Metatheory to Theoretical Orientation
History: Common Factors as a Metatheory
Defining Specific, Nonspecific, and Common Factors
Collections of Common Factors
The Abstraction Problem
A Potential Solution: What Is Needed
Specified Components
Chapter 2. The Therapeutic Relationship, Common Factor
Overview of the Therapeutic Relationship
The Therapeutic Relationship as a Vehicle for Change
Inclusion Criteria for the Therapeutic Relationship
Exclusion Criteria for the Therapeutic Relationship
Definition of the Therapeutic Relationship
Intervention Concepts for the Therapeutic Relationship
Ending Therapy
Summary
Chapter 3. Motivation, Common Factor 2
Overview of Motivation
Inclusion Criteria for Motivation
Exclusion Criteria for Motivation
Definition of Motivation
Intervention Concepts for Motivation
Summary
Chapter 4. Corrective Experiencing, Common Factor 3
Overview of Corrective Experiencing
Inclusion Criteria for Corrective Experiencing
Exclusion Criteria for Corrective Experiencing
Definition of Corrective Experiencing
Intervention Concepts for Corrective Experiencing
Summary
Chapter 5. Insight, Common Factor 4
Overview of Insight
Inclusion Criteria for Insight
Exclusion Criteria for Insight
Definition of Insight
Intervention Concepts for Insight
Summary
Chapter . Self-Efficacy, Common Factor 5
Overview of Self-Efficacy
Inclusion Criteria for Self-Efficacy
Exclusion Criteria for Self-Efficacy
Definition of Self-Efficacy
Intervention Concepts for Self-Efficacy
Summary
Epilogue: The Future of Common Factors Therapy
References
Index
About the Authors