Conclusion Chapter 14

Is This a Good Theory? How “good” is the research evidence that supports the theory? Is the theory testable? Are theoretically derived predictions precise? Is the approach practical?

Your Philosophical Assumptions Human motivation View of reality Etiology of human behavior View of humans as a whole or sum of the parts

Your Beliefs about Human Behavior What motivates human behavior? What constructs explain experience? How do you see human development? What are the characteristics of a healthy person? How important are relationships? What role do behavior, cognition, and affect have?

Eclectic and Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy Technical Eclecticism Multimodal therapy (MMT) Integrationist Transtheoretical approach Beutler’s systematic eclectic psychotherapy (SEP) Common Factors Approach

The Contextual Model “The aim of psychotherapy is to help people feel and function better by encouraging appropriate modifications in their assumptive worlds, thereby transforming the meanings of experience to more favorable ones.” Wampold, 1991