What can functional analytic psychotherapy contribute to empirically-validated treatments?

Although empirically-validated treatments are useful in treating a variety of psychological dysfunctions, there continues to be a number of problems a nd criticisms regarding strict adherence to these treatment protocols. One such criticism concerns the fact that many individuals are unresponsive to manualized treatment approaches and require more individualized assessment and treatment. Using cognitive therapy for depression, behavioural marital therapy, and dialectical behaviour therapy as exemplar therapeutic interven tions, we present functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) as a promising me chanism by which to address this issue and thereby enhance the efficacy of empirically-validated treatments. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd .