The patient's change: Understanding the complexity of the dynamics of change and its precursors in psychotherapy

It is really a great pleasure for us to introduce this Research Topic focused on the dynamics of change in psychotherapy. This Research Topic hosts contributions by authors from different parts of the world. We thank them for giving us the opportunity to learn from their latest research and clinical reflections. The specific theme of this Research Topic is a pivotal and pressing question in psychotherapy research: What are the processes that promote change in psychotherapy and what are their precursors? The scientific literature, up to now, has no coherent and univocal answer to this matter. Therefore, this Research Topic presents systematic and wide-ranged analyzes related to these questions. In this editorial, we extract some common characteristics present in the empirical and clinical research of the contributors, with the aim of providing a clearer picture of the dynamics of change in psychotherapy.