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Davis, S. D., Fife, S. T., Whiting, J. B., & Bradford, K. P. (2020). Way of being and the therapeutic pyramid: Expanding the application of a common factors meta-model. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47, 69-84.
This source introduces you to the therapeutic pyramid based on common factors of research.

Farber, B. A., Suzuki, J. Y., & Ort, D. (2022). Understanding and enhancing positive regard in psychotherapy: Carl Rogers and beyond. American Psychological Association.
Read Chapter 8: Clinical examples of positive regard in four different therapies. This source provides a more in-depth look at unconditional positive regard and its application to clinical practice.

Fife, S. T., D’Aniello, C., Eggleston, D., Smith, J., & Sanders, D. (2023). Refining the meta-theory of common factors in couple and family therapy: A deductive qualitative analysis study. Contemporary Family Therapy, 45, 114-130.
This source provides an overview of the common factors and associated research.

Fife, S. T., Whiting, J. B., Bradford, K., & Davis, S. (2014). The Therapeutic Pyramid: A common factors synthesis of techniques, alliance, and way of being. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 40(1), 20–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12041
This source provides a clear model for integrating common factors into the practice of marriage and family therapy.

Holyoak, D., Johnson, W., Garcia, M., & Johnson, D. J. (2020). I see you: Addressing diversity in clinical practice through therapist’s way-of-being. Contemporary Family Therapy, 42, 131-139.
This source provides a more detailed definition and conceptualization of way-of-being.