TY - JOUR
T1 - The specificity versus nonspecificity dilemma
T2 - Toward identifying therapeutic change agents
AU - Karasu, T. B.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The author examines the specificity versus nonspecificity dilemma that characterizes the unresolved question of how psychotherapy works. He explores different meanings and arguments on both sides of the controversy and attempts to identify three therapeutic change agents that all schools of therapy share as the basis of their different techniques: affective experiencing, cognitive mastery, and behavioral regulation. The roles and functions of these agents are discussed with regard to their potential complementary in clinical practice.
AB - The author examines the specificity versus nonspecificity dilemma that characterizes the unresolved question of how psychotherapy works. He explores different meanings and arguments on both sides of the controversy and attempts to identify three therapeutic change agents that all schools of therapy share as the basis of their different techniques: affective experiencing, cognitive mastery, and behavioral regulation. The roles and functions of these agents are discussed with regard to their potential complementary in clinical practice.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.143.6.687
DO - 10.1176/ajp.143.6.687
M3 - Article
C2 - 3717390
AN - SCOPUS:0022478146
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 143
SP - 687
EP - 695
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -
