“…The dissemination of ESTs, RCTs, and cognitive‐behavioral therapy has also influenced third‐party payers’ perceptions: that what is best practice and fundable must involve such approaches (Greer & Rennie, 2006), which inevitably positions non‐CBT therapies as less fundable and degrades the status of nonexperimental approaches and stakeholders in process‐outcome research. Such critique has been mirrored in the criticism of ESTs for their constrictive implications for research (Bohart, 2005; Bryceland & Stam, 2005; Dumont & Fitzpatrick, 2005; Honos‐Webb, 2005; Levitt, Neimeyer, & Williams, 2005; Mahrer, 2005). Such criticisms underscore the controversial nature of ESTs within psychology and created suggestions for alternative and additional research and therapeutic approaches (Beutler & Johannsen, 2006; Bohart, 2006; Duncan & Miller, 2006; Norcross & Lambert, 2006; Stricker, 2006; Wampold, 2006).…”