Promises and perils of empirically supported psychotherapy integration

Proponents of psychotherapy integration have more to gain than to lose by embracing the movement toward identifying empirically supported treatments (ESTs). EST research is fully compatible with theoretical integration, essential to technical eclecticism, and at least partially compatible with most common-factors approaches to integration. The EST framework highlights the importance of treatment manuals in integration research and encourages investigation of whether effective interventions (either common or specific) retain their original efficacy when transported from one therapeutic context or model to another.