Common Factors Therapy: A Principle-Based Treatment Framework

About Benjamin M. OglesRussell J. Bailey

Russell J. Bailey PhD is an associate professor at Utah Valley University's Behavioral Science department with a training program for Clinical Mental Health Counselors. His research interests include therapy itself what makes it effective and what can make it more effective. Dr. Bailey completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Brigham Young University in 2010 and has previously worked in private practice veterans affairs juvenile justice and university counseling center settings including as tenured university clinical faculty. He is a deliberate practice certified therapist.  Benjamin M. Ogles PhD is a professor in psychology at Brigham Young University his alma mater. Previously he was a professor and academic administrator at Ohio University for 21 years. His main interest is psychotherapy process and outcome research with specific focus on assessing outcome common factors and psychotherapy training. Articles coauthored by Dr. Ogles have appeared in the Journal of Clinical Psychology Psychotherapy Research Professional Psychology: Research and Practice Clinical Psychology Review and Psychotherapy among others. He was the lead author of the book Essentials of Outcome Assessment written with Michael J. Lambert and Scott Fields.