The Legacy of Saul Rosenzweig: The Profundity of the Dodo Bird
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This article provides commentary on Saul Rosenzweig’s classic 1936 paper, “Some Implicit Common Factors in Diverse Methods of Psychotherapy,” with particular emphasis on his clever and prophetic invocation of the dodo bird verdict from Alice in Wonderland. The impact of this seminal contribution is discussed by a comparison of Rosenzweig’s original common factors proposal with modern formulations of common factors. The paradox inherent to the tenacious veracity of the dodo bird verdict and the pursuit of empirically validated treatments are explored. In the spirit of Rosenzweig’s legacy and the wisdom of the dodo, this article suggests that psychotherapy abandon the empirically bankrupt pursuit of prescriptive interventions for specific disorders based on a medical model of psychopathology. Instead, a call is made for a systematic application of the common factors based on a relational model of client competence.
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