Simon Goldberg – The Shape of Healing
Mind & Life
Common factors
The speaker discusses the common factors that are integral to therapeutic interventions, emphasizing that the relationship between the therapist and client, a healing setting, a rationale explaining the difficulty, and engaging in healing rituals are fundamental across various forms of psychotherapy. This suggests that the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions may not be solely attributed to specific modalities but rather to common factors like expectancy effects and a strong therapeutic relationship. Despite the common belief in different treatments being distinct like pills, data suggests that overall, therapeutic interventions work similarly well, highlighting the importance of these common factors in the healing process.
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