ABSTRACT
The experimental-clinical model, as discussed in this book, gains its value by methodology and not necessarily by the treatment techniques which may be evolved from the employment of the method. Our primary purpose is to promote a scientific-clinical method; it is not the purpose of the text to substantiate certain behavior-therapy techniques which may have resulted from our studies. Recognizing that the experimental-clinical method allows for development of new treatment techniques, we do not consider the techniques derived from the studies as panaceas. The important point is that we never consider a treatment technique currently in use as a finished procedure, but rather presume that existing techniques can be improved. The experimental-clinical methodology makes such improvements possible.
