In this historical series of blog posts discussing the journey to client-directed therapeutic services, the previous topic was changing the rules. This post shares insights gained from The Heroic...
Journey to Client-Directed Therapeutic Services: Changing the Rules
September 24 2020
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…before the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS)—yes, way back in 1986, I became very interested in the common factors because of Michael...
....a ménage a trois made in heaven...
Clients Who Made Me Better: Relearning the Value of Uncertainty
January 22 2019
While proponents of different models would like you to think otherwise, the truth of the matter is that we don’t know ahead of time what psychotherapy model or technique will be helpful for the...
Clients Who Made Me Better: Early Lessons 2
November 13 2018
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. — Hegel
Clients Who Made Me Better: First Lessons 3
October 30 2018
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
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...
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...