1. Conclusion
Chapter 14

2. Is This a Good Theory?
How “good” is the research evidence that supports the theory?
Is the theory testable?
Are theoretically derived predictions precise?
Is the approach practical?

3. Your Philosophical Assumptions
Human motivation
View of reality
Etiology of human behavior
View of humans as a whole or sum of the parts

4. Your Beliefs about Human Behavior
What motivates human behavior?
What constructs explain experience?
How do you see human development?
What are the characteristics of a healthy person?
How important are relationships?
What role do behavior, cognition, and affect have?

5. Eclectic and Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy
Technical Eclecticism
Multimodal therapy (MMT)
Integrationist
Transtheoretical approach
Beutler’s systematic eclectic psychotherapy (SEP)
Common Factors Approach

6. The Contextual Model
“The aim of psychotherapy is to help people feel and function better by encouraging appropriate modifications in their assumptive worlds, thereby transforming the meanings of experience to more favorable ones.” Wampold, 1991