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Theoretical orientations of spanish psychotherapists: Integration and eclecticism as modern and postmodern cultural trends.

Monserrat AlonsoDavid E. OrlinskySilvia RodríguezAmparo CoscolláIsabel CaroAlejandro ÁVila

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PostmodernityPsychotherapistModernitymedia_common.quotation_subjectPostmodernismEclectic psychotherapyCommon coreClinical PracticePsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyIntegrative psychotherapyPsychologyEclecticismmedia_common

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In this article, we focus on the theoretical orientations of Spanish psychotherapists with reference to the concepts of integration and eclecticism associated respectively with the cultural patterns of modernity and postmodernity. Data are reported from 179 Spanish therapists who responded to the Development of Psychotherapists Common Core Questionnaire (Orlinsky et al., 1999). The results indicated that these Spanish therapists do not show a tendency toward postmodern eclecticism, suggesting that present clinical practice in Spain still needs high-profile theoretical constructs.

https://doi.org/10.1037/1053-0479.16.4.398