The Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) is the first of two brief, user-friendly measures employed by the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS). The ORS measures client benefit from services...
STAR*D Exposed: Jackie Was Right!
January 22 2024
A re-evaluation of the influential STAR*D study of antidepressants has exposed it as a fraud, now recognized by the psychiatric community. Dr. Sparks was right.
Top Ten Qualities of the Best Therapists
November 27 2023
An often asked question is what makes one therapist better than another. This blog identifies ten therapist qualities that differentiate the best from the rest.
What We've Been Up to at Better Outcomes Now
October 24 2023
Better Outcomes Now or BON, the web application of the evidence-based practice, the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), is an empirically proven measurement-based care (MBC) system...
The Myth of Multiple Outcome Measures
August 28 2023
There is nothing wrong with using an additional outcome measure. For example, using the PHQ-9 as a periodic measure in addition to the every session Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) makes total sense with...
Implementing Measurement Based Care
August 01 2023
Measurement based care (MBC), sometimes called routine outcome monitoring (ROM) or systematic client feedback (our favored term), is gaining traction across behavioral health settings. In fact, it is...
Nothing Wrong with Long Term Therapy, But...
June 27 2023
A long time ago in a galaxy far away I became enamored of so-called, “brief therapy.” I appreciated longer term approaches, especially existential and client centered models, but I was drawn to the...
The Alliance IS the Therapy
May 26 2023
The fact of the matter is that the alliance is our most powerful ally and represents the most influence that we can have over outcome. The alliance is the soul of change. But it’s hard not to take it...
An article just published in the journal, Psychotherapy by Boswell et al advocated for measurement based care (MBC) to be recognized as a Professional Practice Guideline (PPG) for psychotherapy...
The Myth of the Silver Bullet Cure
March 21 2023
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.--Andre Gide There is so much nonsense out there that it would take a compendium of volumes the size of Wikipedia to do it justice,...