Those who knew Ed Bordin personally were touched by his humanity, integrity, and intellectual brilliance. Those who knew him only through his professional writing were touched in a similar fashion, a feat not easily attained. As authors of this chapter, we all have felt the ease and effortlessness that comes from reading and rereading Bordin's work. Moreover, whether through direct or indirect experience with Bordin, we all have been inspired by his vision and foresight, impressive scholarship, respect for others' ideas, and integrative spirit.Irene Elkin (1993) noted in her Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) tribute to Bordin that he was "one of the most important figures in psychotherapy research, who made some of the most important contributions to our field." In fact, Bordin had a remarkable breadth of professional interests about which he wrote and studied. By his own account, Bordin (1987) had two "enduring preoccupations." The first focused on vocational choice and personal development, whereas the second focused on personal change process and a theory of working alliance as the cornerstone of counseling and psychotherapy. However, our informal "factor analysis" of Bordin's published work also revealed at least seven other broad and multifaceted factors: (a) dimensions of the psychotherapy and counseling process (including client, therapist, and