ABSTRACT
Therapist training is focused on gaining knowledge and honing our skills with models and techniques of therapy, aspects that allegedly account for small portion of change in therapy. Snyder, Michael, and Cheavens explain that hope can be conceptualized by how people think about goals. Snyder, Michael, and Cheavens explain that hope can conceptualized by how people think about goals. One component of hope is the thoughts people have about their ability to achieve workable route to goal. This is referred to as pathways thinking. A second component, agency thinking, refers to beliefs people have regarding their ability to start and work toward a goal. Hubble, Duncan, and Miller specify four factors of therapeutic change common to all theories of therapy. Walter and Peller state that the client is the expert in identifying his or her own goals. The creation of such a positive climate in the client's environment will give a positive boost to the outcome element of extratherapeutic factors.
