“…It is the larger responsibility of the profession to foster the empirical and clinical investments in theory development and testing. One exemplar of a multimethod approach is Frank Shontz who produced the trifecta of scholarship: integrative conceptual treatises (e.g., Shontz, 1971Shontz, , 1990, sound research studies (e.g., Gordon & Shontz, 1990;Shontz & McNish, 1972), and state-of-the-art assessments of the profession (e.g., Shontz, 2003;Shontz & Wright, 1980). Following are two fine examples of developing their own branches of contemporary conceptualization and research utilizing the theoretical work of our profession's trailblazers.…”