A key feature of TEAM is that it’s not just about using other therapy techniques and that most therapy techniques can be plugged into the framework in the method section.
A huge problem of a lot of traditional therapy is that it focuses on techniques as if learning good techniques is all that’s required to be a good therapist when that’s not true as the research Scott references there shows.
While the approach to TEAM uses to build skillful therapists likely isn’t the only process that can work, a framework that does focus on skill development in therapists has advantages over frameworks of previous era’s that are just technique focused and that treat the therapist as exchangeable.
A key feature of TEAM is that it’s not just about using other therapy techniques and that most therapy techniques can be plugged into the framework in the method section.
A huge problem of a lot of traditional therapy is that it focuses on techniques as if learning good techniques is all that’s required to be a good therapist when that’s not true as the research Scott references there shows.
While the approach to TEAM uses to build skillful therapists likely isn’t the only process that can work, a framework that does focus on skill development in therapists has advantages over frameworks of previous era’s that are just technique focused and that treat the therapist as exchangeable.