ECLECTICISM AND INTEGRATION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY - DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES

This article describes the popularity of eclecticism among clinical ps ychologists and related professional groups over the past 35 years and the more recent growth and development of the integration movement in psychotherapy. Although these two emphases share a common view or val ue system of not restricting one's psychotherapy to only one theoretic al orientation, they also appear to differ in important ways. Some of these differences are discussed as well as problems in research and tr aining.