Despite a growing literature base documenting the efficacy of behavioral interventions, the everyday practitioner is faced with the demands of processing and translating a complex set of clinical information in order to make effective and ethical decisions. In this article, we present a model of decision making geared to increase the contribution of the scientific process to the art of clinical practice. This model is based upon a problem-solving framework that provides a practical heuristic guide for the generation and evaluation of solutions to everyday clinical problems.