COUN106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Countertransference, Problem Solving, Therapeutic Relationship
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Placebo, hope, & expectancy factors 15% (lambert, 1992) Mediate client change in therapy and are unrelated to techniques of the specific treatment approach. It is not the approach specific techniques that are operative in creating change, but the common elements shared by all approaches Ability of client to assume responsibility for own contributions to live experience. Increase in ability of client to regulate their own internal and behavioural reactions to provocations. Clie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s shift f(cid:396)o(cid:373) effo(cid:396)ts to (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge othe(cid:396)s to effo(cid:396)ts to (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es. Clie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e e(cid:374)gage(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess of (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge. E(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) if thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t goi(cid:374)g (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:455), it does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) it(cid:859)s (cid:455)ou(cid:396) fault. Research generally demonstrates no specific differences in effectiveness of therapy approaches, right across the field of psychotherapy research this suggests common factors are largely responsible for intervention effectiveness across approaches. Therapy research has moved from a dominant focus on treatment techniques and models, to a much greater emphasis of common relationship factors.
