Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Vol 34(3), Sep 2024, 213-218; doi:10.1037/int0000351
This introduction to the special issue on “Unification in Psychotherapy” contextualizes unification within psychotherapy integration and psychotherapy in general and describes some of the different dimensions of unification. As a truly international journal, the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration (JPI) is the perfect venue for such a special issue. This issue brings together seven articles that demonstrate both areas of convergence and noteworthy differences: framing common factors within a unified metatheory, issues pertaining to achieving a unifying consensus on mechanisms and processes of change in psychotherapy, process-based therapy, a proposal for memory reconsolidation as a unifier of psychotherapy, unified psychotherapeutics, the role of experiential techniques within the unified protocol, and a unified neurodiversity-affirming approach with autistic clients. This special issue concludes with a commentary by the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration’s incoming Editor-In-Chief, Ueli Kramer. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)