Many therapists today have lost faith in the dream that there exists one single school of therapy that

is better than all the rest. These therapists are no longer searching for the one best best way to do therapy. Instead, they are using their personal education, training and experience to tailor their therapy to the client and the moment in the evolving therapy process.

These are the therapists who are postmodern, deconstructing the very idea of a one-size-fits all school of therapy. They are postmodern whether they know it or not, just as one might be a dreamer, or a connoisseur without knowing it. These therapists -- no I will speak of "we postmodern therapists" -- are making micro-judgments continuously in the course of our work. And it is here in the micro-judgments that we most feel our creative power to help. These micro-judgments could never be scripted for everyone. Yes, of course, we stay within the ethical dictates of our profession. In fact, we often feel we must step outside a particular school in order to honor the ethical guidelines of our profession. The best therapeutic moves are invented outside the box and every postmodern therapist invents in this way throughout the therapy.

Lois Shawver, PhD. http://users.california.com/~rathbone/np5.htm