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INTEGRATIVE PROBLEM‐CENTERED THERAPY: TOWARD THE SYNTHESIS OF FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPIES *
Author(s) -
Pinsof William M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1983.tb01481.x
Subject(s) - modalities , psychotherapist , modality (human–computer interaction) , psychology , psychodynamics , family therapy , psychodynamic psychotherapy , treatment modality , field (mathematics) , common core , person centered therapy , orientation (vector space) , domain (mathematical analysis) , strengths and weaknesses , core (optical fiber) , computer science , social psychology , artificial intelligence , medicine , sociology , telecommunications , social science , mathematical analysis , geometry , surgery , mathematics , pure mathematics
Emerging from the growing trend toward integration in the field of psychotherapy, Integrative Problem‐Centered Therapy (IPCT) provides a model for applying different modalities (individual and family) and orientations (behavioral, communicational and psychodynamic) to the broad range of problems patients bring to psychotherapy. Based on the assumption that each modality and orientation possesses its own domain of expertise, IPCT attempts to interrelate the major modalities and orientations to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. The goal is to create a maximally effective and efficient problem‐centered psychotherapy. This paper presents an overview of IPCT, delineating its core principles and premises as well as the basic methodological steps in IPCT.