| − | Psychotherapy researchers, theorists, and clinicians have been delineating some of the complex interrelationships among many factors at work in the quest for increasing the effectiveness of psychotherapy. It has been well established in the empirical literature that relational factors (Norcross, 2002.<ref name="Norcross">Norcross, J. C. (Ed.). (2002. ''Psychotherapy relationships that work: Therapist contributions and responsiveness to patients.'' New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> play an important role in determining treatment outcome. The quality of the therapeutic alliance, patient factors, and therapist characteristics all affect the overall potency of the treatment process and outcome. Most clinical scientist believe that psychotherapy also includes the theoretical maps which we use to orient and guide the treatment as well as to serve as tools for researchers. We are also beginning to discern from the accumulating evidence base principles that optimize change (Castonguay & Beutler, 2006.<ref>Castonguay, L. G., & Beutler, L. E. (Eds.). (2006). ''Principles of therapeutic change that work.'' New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> In addition to the relational factors, and emergent principles, methods and techniques of psychotherapy represent the technologies which are embedded into relational processes and utilized as tools which psychotherapist incorporate into the psychotherapeutic process. | + | Psychotherapy researchers, theorists, and clinicians have been delineating some of the complex interrelationships among many factors at work in the quest for increasing the effectiveness of psychotherapy. It has been well established in the empirical literature that relational factors (Norcross, 2002.<ref name="Norcross">Norcross, J. C. (Ed.). (2002). ''Psychotherapy relationships that work: Therapist contributions and responsiveness to patients.'' New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> play an important role in determining treatment outcome. The quality of the therapeutic alliance, patient factors, and therapist characteristics all affect the overall potency of the treatment process and outcome. Most clinical scientist believe that psychotherapy also includes the theoretical maps which we use to orient and guide the treatment as well as to serve as tools for researchers. We are also beginning to discern from the accumulating evidence base principles that optimize change (Castonguay & Beutler, 2006.<ref name="Castonguay">Castonguay, L. G., & Beutler, L. E. (Eds.). (2006). ''Principles of therapeutic change that work.'' New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> In addition to the relational factors, and emergent principles, methods and techniques of psychotherapy represent the technologies which are embedded into relational processes and utilized as tools which psychotherapist incorporate into the psychotherapeutic process. |