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The clients’ and therapists’ perceptions about the degree to which each of four common factors in therapy—extra-therapeutic factors; model/techniques; therapeutic alliance; and hope/expectancy—contribute to change in the therapeutic process were investigated in this study. In addition, the perceptions about the percentage of change attributed to clients and therapists were also explored. Results revealed that the therapists and clients have different perceptions on what factors contribute the most to change and that clients and therapists believe that the client contributes the most to change in a therapeutic process.
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M. L. Thomas, MSW, is a doctoral student in Marriage and Family Therapy at Florida State University.
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Thomas, M.L. The Contributing Factors of Change in a Therapeutic Process. Contemp Fam Ther 28, 201–210 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-006-9000-4
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