Psychotherapy is a vital approach that is used in the treatment or management of psychological disorders. During psychotherapy, there is interaction between a trained professional and a group, couple, family or an individual. Psychological disorders vary with respect to their triggers, influences, causes, and potential resolutions. A practitioner’s capability to accurately assess these factors, as well as, other variables depends on their insight, knowledge and experience. The application of psychotherapy is guided by many psychological theories and models. In addition, there are other common factors that are applied in psychotherapy.
Duncan Barry (2010) contends that the concept of common factors in psychotherapy was engineered in 1936 by Saul Rosenzweig. The inventor of this theory suggests that success alone cannot be used to determine the validity of the theory. Saul suggested a number of common factors that ought to be used in the assessment of the validity and success of therapeutic methods. One such factor is the formal consistency of the therapeutic ideology on the account of reintegration (Duncan, 2010).
In line with this, the formal consistency of therapy must be flexible; it should provide for its reconstruction. As noted earlier, the application of psychotherapy is guided by a host of theories; the application of these theories also rely on a number of variables. Those variables keep on changing, and as a result, the overall performance of a psychotherapist is dependent on their experience. Therefore, it is paramount for psychotherapists to be conversant with the formal consistency governing a given psychological ideology. Monitoring such consistency equips psychotherapist with vast experience that is essential in the application of the ideology at hand. Consequently, this leads to improved service delivery and success of the therapeutic intervention.
Reference
Duncan, B.L. (2002). The founder of common factors: A conversation with Saul Rosenweig. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 12(1), 10.
