Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy

The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice

Douglas H. Sprenkle, Sean D. Davis, Jay L. Lebow

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781462514533
• eBook ISBN: 9781606233603
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health
• Index: Psychology

Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses critical questions of how change occurs in couple and family therapy and how to help clients achieve better results. The authors show that regardless of a clinician's orientation or favored techniques, there are particular therapist attributes, relationship variables, and other factors that make therapy--specifically, therapy with couples and families--effective. The book explains these common factors in depth and provides hands-on guidance for capitalizing on them in clinical practice and training. User-friendly features include numerous case examples and a reproducible common factors checklist.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Chapter 1 - What Is Responsible for Therapeutic Change? Two Paradigms
• Chapter 2 - A Brief History of Common Factors
• Chapter 3 - Common Factors Unique to Couple and Family Therapy
• Chapter 4 - The Big-Picture View of Common Factors
• Chapter 5 - A Moderate View of Common Factors
• Chapter 6 - Getting Clients Fired Up for A Change Matching Therapist Behavior with Client Motivation
• Chapter 7 - A Strong Therapeutic Alliance
• Chapter 8 - Models All Roads Lead to Rome
• Chapter 9 - A Meta-Model of Change in Couple Therapy
• Chapter 10 - The Case Against Common Factors
• Chapter 11 - Common Factors Training and Supervision
• Chapter 12 - Implications for Clinicians and Researchers
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• References
• Index
• About Guilford Publications
• From the Publisher