Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. — C.S. Lewis
Clients Who Made Me Better: First Lessons 2
October 23 2018
At bottom every man [sic] knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he...
Clients Who Made Me Better: First Lessons
October 16 2018
It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
Reliance on the Alliance, Part 4: The Client’s Theory of Change
October 09 2018
Ideally, therapists should select for each patient the therapy that accords, or can be brought to accord, with the patient’s personal characteristics and view of the problem. - Jerome Frank
Reliance on the Alliance, Part 3: The Tasks of Therapy
October 02 2018
The alliance is the central filter of all your words and actions: Is what I am saying and doing now building or risking the alliance? Bordin (1979) classically defined the alliance with three...
What Behavioral Health Accreditation Can Do For Your Organization
September 28 2018
As behavioral health professionals, it is your goal to provide care of the highest quality. Compassion, and the quest for continual improvement, drive your organization towards greater efficacy - and...
Reliance on the Alliance, Part 2: Client Goals
September 26 2018
The alliance is an all-encompassing framework for psychotherapy — it transcends any specific therapist behavior and is a property of all aspects of providing services. It calls for your utmost...
Reliance on the Alliance, Part 1
September 17 2018
Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. And when you listen deeply, you can know yourself in everyone.
5 Tips for Using the Outcome and Session Rating Scales
September 07 2018
The Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale, key components of the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), are not only reliable measures of psychotherapy benefit and the...
The Heroic Client
September 05 2018
Until lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter. African Proverb