The interpersonal relationship as a vehicle for therapeutic learning.

Responds to S. L. Garfield's (see PA, Vol. 51:Issue 6) paper, underscoring the fact that the operations of psychotherapists share important processes with those of other influencers. There is more to modern psychotherapy than the relationship, but the latter typically serves as a powerful framework for therapeutic change, within which framework various techniques are potentiated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)