Common Factors
One thing has been demonstrated conclusively about psychotherapy. That is,
there are certain factors that are common to all effective psychotherapy methods.
These include such things as the therapist's caring, warmth, empathy,
acceptance, and encouragement of risk-taking and mastery on your part.
The most important common factors in psychotherapy have to do with you,
however. Research in effective psychotherapy has shown that things like:
■ the attitude and amount of hope you bring to therapy sessions
■ what happens to you outside of therapy sessions
■ the match between your personal way of making changes in your life and the
therapist's approach in helping you change
have far more importance than the particular things a therapist does. While this
tends to deflate the egos of some therapists, it makes sense that you, the client,
are the most important factor in your own therapy.
One thing has been demonstrated conclusively about psychotherapy. That is,
there are certain factors that are common to all effective psychotherapy methods.
These include such things as the therapist's caring, warmth, empathy,
acceptance, and encouragement of risk-taking and mastery on your part.
The most important common factors in psychotherapy have to do with you,
however. Research in effective psychotherapy has shown that things like:
■ the attitude and amount of hope you bring to therapy sessions
■ what happens to you outside of therapy sessions
■ the match between your personal way of making changes in your life and the
therapist's approach in helping you change
have far more importance than the particular things a therapist does. While this
tends to deflate the egos of some therapists, it makes sense that you, the client,
are the most important factor in your own therapy.
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