This is common factors

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Title
This is common factors
Abstract
Common factors are conditions and processes present in, among, and surrounding participants in clinical work. In the past 20 years, increasing attention and research on common factors has generated a great deal of discussion in clinical psychology, psychiatry, marriage and family therapy, and to a lesser extent, social work. While there is no single definition of common factors, they are generally discussed as the non-technical aspects of therapeutic work-such as the relationship between the practitioner and client and the expectancy of the client-that have been shown to be associated with successful outcomes. Common factors also include attributes of the practitioner and client, the support system of the client, the institutional and organizational conditions in which the practitioner practices, and also the strategic actions employed by the practitioner, client, and all those involved in the work that promote change. This paper will discuss key concepts in a common factors practice perspective and how evidence is used by common factors practitioners, highlight features of common factors practice, and suggest implications for developing a common factors practice approach.
Publication
Clinical Social Work Journal
Date
2014-06
Volume
42
Issue
2
Pages
151-160
Journal Abbr
Clin. Soc. Work J.
Citation Key
pop00154
ISSN
0091-1674
Language
English
Extra
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/063-423-644-681-260 tex.type: [object Object]
Citation
Cameron, M. (2014). This is common factors. Clinical Social Work Journal, 42(2), 151–160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-013-0467-9