ABSTRACT
We are always looking for a treatment approach that may be more consistently effective, more efficient, better tolerated by clients, or easier to master. This book offers such an approach, by integrating arguably the four most significant developments in contemporary psychotherapy. First is the increasingly sophisticated appreciation of the role of common factors in contributing to therapy's effectiveness. Second is the developing literature on memory reconsolidation and the specific factor that leads to rapid, dramatic, and durable improvement. Third is the growing awareness of the importance of trauma, along with advances in trauma treatment. Fourth is the move away from specific treatments for each diagnosis, towards a transdiagnostic treatment approach based on underlying factors common across diagnoses.
