Main description:

Lays out the guiding principles that contribute to change in couple and family therapy training.

Contains hands-on exercises to help professionals integrate Common Factors into their work and reflect on their own practice

Presents practical strategies and exercises to build on readers' previously existing therapeutic skill set and help them practice more effectively

Contents:

1. Overview/How to Use This Book 2. How Change Occurs Part 1: Broad Common Factors of Change 3. How Change Occurs Part 2: Narrow Common Factors, AKA Common Therapeutic Effects 4. Couple & Family Therapy Common Factors 5. Choosing the Right Model for You and Your Clients 6. Enhancing Client and Contextual Factors 7. Mobilizing Hope 8. The Talented and Skilled Therapist 9. Nurturing the Therapeutic Alliance 10. Utilizing Feedback in CFT 11. Common Factors Self-Supervision & Treatment Planning