`My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings' - Person-Centred Practice `Editor Colin Feltham's choice of topics shows an astute, on the ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading' - New Therapist In this book, leading practitioners, critics and commentators take sides on many topical and core debates including: · Theoretical issues: Does the unconscious really exist? Is birth trauma a fiction? Should one believe in `false memories'? · Clinical issues: Is ther

The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy is Specific Technique and Skill

The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy is Specific Technique and Skill

The main change agent in effective psychotherapy is specific technique and skill
AlbertEllis

I shall perhaps be taking a peculiar or ‘perverse’ view in this chapter – namely that the relationships between the therapist and client is often, but definitely not always, a main change agent in effective psychotherapy if. If what? If the therapist has a specific theory and if he or she has workable techniques and skills, including social and persuasive skills, to bring to the therapeutic relationship.

Am I cavilling in taking this and/also rather than either/or position? I think not. For I doubt whether any either/or position, especially in a complex field like therapy, is adequate. As I have said for many ...

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