| Abstract: | The assimilation model offers a framework for clinically responsive decisions integrating different therapeutic approaches. The authors suggest that the assimilation model can guide assimilative integration by delineating clients' changing requirements over the course of psychotherapy and linking those requirements with techniques drawn from varied theoretical approaches. According to the model, an appropriate therapeutic response is one that meets client requirements at a given stage of assimilation and helps to shift the client's assimilation of a given problematic experience from 1 stage to the next. The authors offer guidelines and case illustrations of integration at 4 separate time frames of intervention: treatment assignment, treatment strategies, treatment tactics, and moment-to-moment responsiveness within an intervention. At each time frame, therapists monitor client requirements and respond with interventions most appropriate for the client's level of assimilation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
