Integration in Psychotherapy: Part 1

The objective of every science is to arrive at, or develop, an integration of all the evidence, or facts, in a field, to resolve apparently opposed or conflicting facts. For example, Stephen Hawking is devoting his life to discover or develop a principle or law that will reconcile Einstein's unified field theory (the theory of relativity) and quantum mechanics. It would appear that the objective of the field of psychotherapy would be to develop a universal theory or system. However, this does not seem to be the case. Few would agree that such an objective is possible, or even desirable. Yet there is an interest in attempting to integrate differing methods, if not theories.