The Role of the Therapist in Common Factors: Continuing the Dialogue

The common factors debate conducted on the pages of this and other major family therapy journals has evolved toward a preliminary consensus that the therapist plays a crucial role in activating and effectively bundling common and model‐specific factors in the delivery of successful treatment. However, Blow, Sprenkle, and Davis (2007) remain unconvinced that therapist‐worldview/model‐worldview congruence, which I have hypothesized plays a...