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Piecing the Puzzle Together:

A Model for Understanding the Theory-Practice Relationship

The Fielding Institute, nhansen{at}fielding.edu

Marilyn Freimuth

The Fielding Institute

The field of psychology holds theory to be one of the critical determinants of practice, yet the relationship between the two is difficult to describe. This article presents a seven-level model that delineates the different pathways through which theory affects conceptualization and intervention. Four outer levels of the framework (assumptive world, school, theory, and theorist) provide a way to organize clinical thinking, whereas two inner levels (strategy and technique) direct practice. The critical working hypothesis level serves as a bridge between the two. A case example illustrates the application of this model to clinical data, and implications are emphasized for graduate student training and psychotherapy practice.

The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 25, No. 4, 654-673 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0011000097254008


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