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Therapy Works, But Why? Leveraging Common Factors in Psychotherapy

Psychotherapists of all levels of experience often identify with a theoretical orientation and specific modalities of psychotherapy to which they adhere. However, the research on common factors in psychotherapy suggests that much, perhaps most, of the change clients experience as a result of therapy is attributable to therapeutic factors common to all psychotherapies rather than to   a specific   approach   and its techniques  (e.g., CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS)  used by the therapist. This workshop will review the literature on the centrality of the common factors to the process of change in therapy. It will enumerate many of the factors discussed in the literature, including the client-therapist relationship, client and therapist expectations for the outcome of therapy, goal consensus and collaboration, empathy, positive regard, and genuineness. The presenter will offer suggestions for how to increase the incorporation of common factors in clinical practice and will engage participants to share strategies of their own.

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Therapy Works, But Why? Leveraging Common Factors in Psychotherapy

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$59.99 Cost For Member: 49.99 Dovid Brownstein, PsyD

Psychotherapists of all levels of experience often identify with a theoretical orientation and specific modalities of psychotherapy to which they adhere. However, the research on common factors in psychotherapy suggests that much, perhaps most, of the change clients experience as a result of therapy is attributable to therapeutic factors common to all psychotherapies rather than to   a specific   approach   and its techniques  (e.g., CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS)  used by the therapist. This workshop will review the literature on the centrality of the common factors to the process of change in therapy. It will enumerate many of the factors discussed in the literature, including the client-therapist relationship, client and therapist expectations for the outcome of therapy, goal consensus and collaboration, empathy, positive regard, and genuineness. The presenter will offer suggestions for how to increase the incorporation of common factors in clinical practice and will engage participants to share strategies of their own.

About the Presenter

Dovid Brownstein, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in clinical practice in Las Vegas, NV. He received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Marywood University in Scranton, PA. He has clinical experience in settings across the continuum of care. He is a generalist who evaluates and treats the spectrum of psychological disorders.

This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Name four common factors in psychotherapy
  2. Explain how common factors mediate therapeutic change through specific factors
  3. Articulate how they are able to leverage common factors in their clinical work

Agenda:

 

I introduction (30 min): 

  •     From “does therapy work?” to “how does therapy work?”
    1. ‌Define Specific Factors
      1. Is a theoretical orientation necessary?
      2. Many treatments empirically supported by scientific research 
      3. Meta-analytic research on psychotherapy treatment effectiveness
      4. Dodo bird verdict - all treatments are equally effective
    2. Define Common Factors
      1. Factors that drive change that is found across all or most treatments 
      2. They account for a large portion of the variance of treatment outcomes
  • Detail the Common Factors (50 min)
    1. Therapeutic relationship
      1. rapport
      2. goal consensus and collaboration
    2. client factors
      1. expectations
    3. therapist factors
      1. Clinical skill
      2. Expectations, peddler of hope
      3. Empathy
      4. positive regard
      5. Genuineness
    4. Extra-therapeutic factors
      1. Personality and personal characteristics
      2. Beliefs including religion/spirituality
      3. Family circumstance
      4. Social network
      5. Passage of time (clients often begin therapy at an acute point of distress)
  • The Contextual Model - a Meta Theoretical Model (30 min)
    1. Three pathways
      1. Real relationship
      2. Expectations (placebo)
      3. Specific Ingredients
  • Interactive activity (30 min)
    1. Participants identify common factors they believe they incorporate effectively.
    2. Participants to identify common factors with which they would like to become more proficient
    3. Participants to identify barriers to more effectively leveraging common factors
  • Feedback from activity (20 min)
  • Summary and conclusion(20 min)
This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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