yeah exactly stopdog, there is no structure or governing body to check what they are doing and they do make a lot of it up. Like Justsomegirl said I think the relationship os the key to most therapy. Client centered is what works for me, I do not like CBT but I can imagine if you had an addiction this would work very well.
With the relationship, if it is the center of all therapies, then if clients experience transference, then why are some Ts so surprised at this and not equiped to deal with it?