Goodwin Watson's 1940 conference.

M. R. Goldfried's (see record 1981-28393-001) proposed conference had a precursor in a meeting chaired by G. Watson. Its goal was to ascertain areas of agreement among psychotherapeutic approaches. The consensus included an emphasis on the centrality of the therapeutic relationship. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)