Foundations for a systematic eclectic psychotherapy.

A four dimensional, integrative, categorial model of psychotherapy

“…For these schools or therapists probably are able to activate or emphasize speci cally those dimensions, which are called for particularly in a certain case or disorder. At the same time this model also makes understandable, why totally different approaches with one and the same disorder can have similar results, an empirical fact with some support Brill, 1966;Dawes, 1994;Frank, 1989;Patterson, 1989;Rosenzweig, 1936;Smith and Sechrest, 1991;Stiles et al, 1986;Strupp and Hadley, 1979;Wampold et al, 1997a, 1997b, Weinberger, 1993. All the different schools propose different methodological emphases, and although they use totally different types of intervention, it may well be that in different patients with the same underlying problem, the same category is activated.…”

“…Therapists must be able to establish and nourish a relationship with his or her client and to form this relationship in such a way that the offer can be acknowledged and used by the client (Gaston et al, 1995). This category encompasses all interventions which are meant to foster and support therapeutic alliance, a rarely debated important ingredient of all therapeutic approaches (Horvath and Symonds, 1991;Krupnick et al, 1996;Patterson, 1989). Furthermore all therapeutic measures which provide the client with security support and comfort belong to this category.…”

“…While seen on a technical level these two therapeutic interventions empirically would be completely the opposite of each other, on the categorial level they could both activate the same basic dimension of warmth and caring. This model also can make understandable why most therapists deem it necessary to transcend the borders of their original training when they are confronted with clinical reality Patterson, 1989). It seems a plausible conjecture that different therapeutic schools, for historical reasons, have emphasized the activation of predominantly one of those four dimensions.…”

Brief counselling: A user's guide for traditionally trained counsellors

“…Most of these concepts are in harmony with traditional counsellor training (Truax & Carkhuff, 1967;Patterson, 1989;Frank, 1982;Corsini, 1981). They are offered to underscore one's familiarity with the tenets of brief counselling, to offer new ways of responding to clients, and to remind us that the impact of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.…”

Buscando segurança para desenvolver suas competências: a experiência de interação da família

“…Entretanto existe uma consonância de que o sucesso de qualquer esforço terapêutico dependa dos fatores relacionais do terapeuta, como a atitude não-possessiva, a abordagem calorosa, o respeito, a compreensão empática, a aceitação, a postura não-judiciosa, a congruência e a genuinidade (42) .…”