ABSTRACT

Intheseriesofprecedingchaptersinthisvolumewehaveexplicated anddocumentedthedetailsofthepositiveclinicalandtheoreticalappli - cationsofthegoodnessoffitconcept.

Tosummarize,theclinicalassetsofthisconcepthavecomprisedflexibility,individualization,andcomprehensiveness.Theapplicationofthe goodnessoffitmodelcanbeappliedtothepsychotherapeutictreatment ofapersonwithpsychologicaldysfunctionatanyage-period,from earlychildhoodtoadultlife,withtheexceptionofseverementalillnessesorpanicdisorders.