Is treatment integrity  only relevant for research-based treatment? 

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I have come to see that treatment integrity is about much more than adhering strictly to the research-based treatments. It involves the therapist being informed and informed about research, but also about the latest trends in psychology and neuroscience (Wickstrom et al., 1998). It involves a healthy balance of modern science with an ancient wisdom tradition. When we go too far in one direction, we are left with a rigid adherence to
therapy manuals that is unable to adapt to the uniqueness of each and every client. Some of it is good, but too much is not good. I think this really comes down to the fact that treatment integrity is about using both a scientific approach and a philosophical approach to therapy. This is something that many people do not appear to be fully aware of….Read More