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Therapist–Worldview Matching: Not as Important as Matching to Clients
Author(s) -
Blow Adrian J.,
Davis Sean D.,
Sprenkle Douglas H.
Publication year - 2012
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.1752-0606.2012.00311.x
Subject(s) - marital therapy , matching (statistics) , psychological intervention , family therapy , psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , pathology
In this essay, we respond to Simon’s article (2012). We discuss our view that therapy works best when therapists can match therapeutic interventions to the worldview of clients. We see this matching to client worldview as rooted in research evidence, and we suggest that therapists can practice authentically and effectively using more than one divergent therapy approach. We conclude the paper by pointing out points of disagreement we have with Simon’s use of Davis and Piercy’s ( Journal of Marital and Family Therapy , 2007a; 33, 298; Journal of Marital and Family Therapy , 2007b, 32, 515) study, a study Simon uses to ground his arguments.