Let's Face Facts: Common Factors Are More Potent Than Specific Therapy Ingredients

The dodo bird verdict is alive and well--mostly.

Lester Luborsky, Robert Rosenthal, Louis Diguer et al. · Clinical Psychology Science and Practice · 2002 · 485 citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

The researcher's own therapy allegiances: A "wild card" in comparisons of treatment efficacy.

Lester Luborsky, Louis Diguer, David A. Seligman et al. · Clinical Psychology Science and Practice · 1999 · 471 citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

Persuasion and healing: A comparative study of psychotherapy, 3rd ed.

Jerome D. Frank, Julia B. Frank · 1991 · 441 citations

Social Sciences, Counseling, Psychology +12

Effects of training in time-limited dynamic psychotherapy: Changes in therapist behavior.

William P. Henry, Stephen F. Butler, Hans H. Strupp et al. · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1993 · 318 citations

Social Sciences, Counseling, Psychology +14

The psychotherapist matters: Comparison of outcomes across twenty-two therapists and seven patient samples.

Lester Luborsky, A. Thomas McLellan, Louis Diguer et al. · Clinical Psychology Science and Practice · 1997 · 211 citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +8