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April 6, 2009--From the Editor 

ANNOUNCING THE PUBLICATION OF OUR SIXTEENTH MODULE (Volume 5, Module 1):

The Case of Ms. Q: A Demonstration of Integrative Psychotherapy Guided by "Core Clinical Hypotheses" 
by Barbara Lichner Ingram  

with commentaries by:
** George Stricker, Argosy University, Washington, DC   
** Georgios Lampropoulos, Florida State University, Talahassee, FL
** Lisa Grinfeld, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 

       Editor's note: Barbara Ingram has developed a broad-ranging model of individual psychotherapy that integrates seven theoretical perspectives:

I. Biological Hypotheses 
II. Crisis, Stressful Situations, and Transitions
III. Behavioral and Learning Models
IV. Cognitive Models
V. Existential and Spiritual Models
VI. Psychodynamic Models
VII. Social, Cultural, and Environmental Factors 

From these perspectives, Ingram has derived 28 “core hypotheses,” which she employs to develop an individualized case formulation and treatment plan for each therapy client. In the current issue, Ingram illustrates her model with a richly detailed description and analysis of her treatment of a married mother—Ms. Q—in her mid-thirties who sought help for making major life decisions that involved her marriage, career, obligations as a parent, and self-development. 

Commentaries by two leaders in the psychotherapy integration field (Stricker and Lampropoulos) and by an integrationally-oriented advanced graduate student (Grinfeld) focus on four areas: 

*** Ingram’s specific formulation and clinical decisions in Ms. Q’s case. 

*** Critical evaluation of Ingram’s “28 core clinical hypotheses” model. 

*** Discussion of where Ingram’s model fits within four established categories of integrative psychotherapy—common factors integration, theoretical integration, assimilative integration, and technical eclecticism.  

***  Implications for the training of clinical graduate students as integrationally-oriented psychotherapists. 

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