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COMMON FACTORS ARE NOT ISLANDS—THEY WORK THROUGH MODELS: A RESPONSE TO SEXTON, RIDLEY, AND KLEINER
Author(s) -
Sprenkle Douglas H.,
Blow Adrian J.
Publication year - 2004
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.1752-0606.2004.tb01230.x
Subject(s) - allegiance , portrait , simple (philosophy) , epistemology , family therapy , work (physics) , psychology , philosophy , history , law , psychotherapist , political science , art history , physics , politics , thermodynamics
In this article, we respond to Sexton, Ridley, and Kleiner (this issue) from three different perspectives. First, we discuss their criticisms as rooted in a portrait of common factors to whichwe do not subscribe. Second, we discuss points of agreement and partial agreement between our twoarticles. Finally, we discuss our areas of clear disagreement with their points of view. In these areas of disagreement we put forth the common factors approach as an empirically supported lens; wediscuss the influence of investigator allegiance on the specficity conclusion; and we challenge the idea that the common factors lens is simple. In conclusion, we illustrate how common factors work through a credible therapy model using functional family therapy as an example.