Common Factors Therapy

Russell J. Bailey, PhD, is an associate professor at Utah Valley University's Behavioral Science department with a training program for Clinical Mental Health Counselors. His research interests include therapy itself, what makes it effective, and what can make it more effective. Dr. Bailey completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Brigham Young University in 2 and has previously worked in private practice, veterans affairs, juvenile justice, and university counseling center settings, including as tenured university clinical faculty. He is a deliberate practice certified therapist.  Benjamin M. Ogles, PhD, is a professor in psychology at Brigham Young University, his alma mater. Previously, he was a professor and academic administrator at Ohio University for 2 years. His main interest is psychotherapy process and outcome research with specific focus on assessing outcome, common factors, and psychotherapy training. Articles coauthored by Dr. Ogles have appeared in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy Research, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Clinical Psychology Review, and Psychotherapy among others. He was the lead author of the book Essentials of Outcome Assessment written with Michael J. Lambert and Scott Fields.

• PrefaceIntroduction: A Common Factors Approach to TherapyChapter . Common Factors: Hypothesis to Metatheory to Theoretical OrientationHistory: Common Factors as a MetatheoryDefining Specific, Nonspecific, and Common FactorsCollections of Common FactorsThe Abstraction ProblemA Potential Solution: What Is NeededSpecified ComponentsChapter 2. The Therapeutic Relationship, Common Factor Overview of the Therapeutic RelationshipThe Therapeutic Relationship as a Vehicle for ChangeInclusion Criteria for the Therapeutic RelationshipExclusion Criteria for the Therapeutic RelationshipDefinition of the Therapeutic RelationshipIntervention Concepts for the Therapeutic RelationshipEnding TherapySummaryChapter 3. Motivation, Common Factor 2Overview of MotivationInclusion Criteria for MotivationExclusion Criteria for MotivationDefinition of MotivationIntervention Concepts for MotivationSummaryChapter 4. Corrective Experiencing, Common Factor 3Overview of Corrective ExperiencingInclusion Criteria for Corrective ExperiencingExclusion Criteria for Corrective ExperiencingDefinition of Corrective ExperiencingIntervention Concepts for Corrective ExperiencingSummaryChapter 5. Insight, Common Factor 4Overview of InsightInclusion Criteria for InsightExclusion Criteria for InsightDefinition of InsightIntervention Concepts for InsightSummaryChapter . Self-Efficacy, Common Factor 5Overview of Self-EfficacyInclusion Criteria for Self-EfficacyExclusion Criteria for Self-EfficacyDefinition of Self-EfficacyIntervention Concepts for Self-EfficacySummaryEpilogue: The Future of Common Factors TherapyReferencesIndexAbout the Authors