FROM CULTURAL TO EXISTENTIAL DIVERSITY - THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY INTEGRATION WITHIN A TRADITIONAL FRAMEWORK

The authors build upon Castonguay and Goldfried's analysis regarding i ssues and directions central to advancing psychotherapy integration. T hey elaborate on two issues addressed only minimally in Castonguay and Goldfried's article. The first involves moving beyond traditional psy chotherapy territory to include cultural, self-in-relationship, and in terdisciplinary domains. The second concerns using more holistic and s ynergistic processes to coconstruct integrative theories and approache s. Finally, the authors offer some insights into what they believe sho uld be the goals of the integrative movement and into additional issue s they think should be addressed to attain these goals. Psychotherapy has become so complex and changing that we need a new view-one that re cognizes the impossibility of any final or superior integrative theory and the need for constant change and evolution in theory and practice .