THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS - BEHAVIOR-THERAPY - DISTINCT BUT ACCULTURATED - COMMENTARY

Nelson-Gray, Gaynor, and Korotitsch (1997) point out that several beha vioral researchers and clinicians have made assiduous and vigilant eff orts to identify empirically validated therapies (I prefer the term '' empirically supported methods''). In this commentary, I agree that the identification of empirically supported methods and the use of sophis ticated manual-based treatments offer hope for a scientific psychother apy. I describe how my multimodal approach can provide a broad-based f ramework to accommodate and enhance the synergistic merging of robust methods from diverse disciplines. The use of effective techniques with in the context of appropriate relationship styles, coupled with broade r areas of clinical research, may eventually witness the end of nonemp irical and unsubstantiated theories that still appeal to the majority of clinicians.