SHIFTING OUR ATTENTION FROM CONTENT TO PROCESS

The possibility of integrating three therapeutic modalities (psychodyn amic, cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), and systems) by examining thre e formulations of the same case is considered. To this effect, the thr ee formulations are contrasted along two analytical perspectives conte nt vs. process, as the phenomenological analysis of distinctions vs. t he formal relational structure of the process. The three phenomenologi cal models (along the dichotomies of conscious vs. unconscious, ration al vs. irrational and meaning vs. meaninglessness), explored along the four criteria of Millon's integrative paradigms (epistemology, diagno stic categories assessment techniques, therapeutic interventions), are viewed as irreconcilable By contrast the parallel formal process anal ysis of samples of the three therapies allows the integration of the t hree therapies by identifying a six-role state conflict resolution pro cess as their common denominator. This model is explored in the case a t hand as providing relational diagnostic distinctions on the basis of which consensus could be established by the representatives of the th ree models. It is presumed that this reconciliation could enhance the three therapeutic interventions as complementary in reinforcing confli ct resolution as their common objective.