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William Pinsof¹, Douglas C Breunlin, William P Russell

¹Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

|September 3, 2011

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Integrative Problem Centered Metaframeworks (IPCM) Therapy uses a four-component Blueprint for intervention, integrating various therapies and client feedback to resolve problems. This multisystemic approach guides therapists in a collaborative, empirical process for effective psychotherapy.

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Area of Science:

Psychotherapy Research
Clinical Psychology
Family Systems Therapy

Background:

Integrative Problem Centered Metaframeworks (IPCM) Therapy is a multisystemic, integrative approach.
The first article detailed IPCM's foundation and assessment (Hypothesizing).
This article focuses on the intervention components of the IPCM Blueprint.

Purpose of the Study:

To present the intervention components of the IPCM Blueprint: Planning, Conversing, and Feedback.
To describe intervention as a clinical experimental process.
To emphasize the integration of empirically validated therapies and common factors within IPCM.

Main Methods:

Describes intervention as a cycle of hypothesizing, planning, conversing, and feedback.
Integrates major empirically validated therapies and their strategies as common factors in the Planning component.
Utilizes empirical Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change (STIC®) data for collaborative hypothesis formulation and intervention evaluation in Conversing and Feedback.

Main Results:

Intervention is conceptualized as a clinical experimental process guided by hypotheses about client system constraints.
The IPCM Blueprint provides a structured yet flexible framework for intervention.
Therapeutic alliance and client collaboration are central to the iterative process.

Conclusions:

IPCM intervention is an art and science, integrating diverse therapeutic elements through a structured Blueprint.
The iterative process of planning, conversing, and feedback, informed by data, facilitates problem resolution.
IPCM offers a comprehensive, empirically grounded approach to family, couple, and individual psychotherapy.