To me, this post sounds like individual differences of the patient and the mode of therapy are the only key ingredients.
We definitely did not want to suggest that. I strongly agree that the individual skills, traits and “general style” of therapists vary widely even within a single therapy school and that these variables are extremely important. Research has shown that the individual relationship between a client and a therapist (the ‘therapeutic alliance’) is one of the most important variables in predicting therapy success. (One of the reasons I like ST and CFT is the strong emphasis they put on the therapeutic alliance.)
One can probably rank therapists in terms of overall skill/empathy, and this matters perhaps even more than to which therapy school they belong to. (That being said, people vary in their preferences so there isn’t a therapist that is optimal for everyone.)
We definitely did not want to suggest that. I strongly agree that the individual skills, traits and “general style” of therapists vary widely even within a single therapy school and that these variables are extremely important. Research has shown that the individual relationship between a client and a therapist (the ‘therapeutic alliance’) is one of the most important variables in predicting therapy success. (One of the reasons I like ST and CFT is the strong emphasis they put on the therapeutic alliance.)
One can probably rank therapists in terms of overall skill/empathy, and this matters perhaps even more than to which therapy school they belong to. (That being said, people vary in their preferences so there isn’t a therapist that is optimal for everyone.)