How do clients experience routine outcome monitoring?
How do clients experience routine outcome monitoring? Routine outcome monitoring (ROM) and clinical feedback systems (CFS) are becoming an increasingly routine part of how therapy is delivered. They are often portrayed as a means by which therapy outcome and...
IAPT 2017: Just one in four that enter therapy reach recovery
IAPT 2017: Just one in four that enter therapy reach recovery The latest IAPT annual report gives a headline figure of 49.3% of clients moving to recovery. In all, not great odds. Dig a little deeper, however, and it becomes clear that only one in four clients that...
Taking the pain out of therapy research and numbers
Taking the pain out of therapy research and numbers If current thinking about left and right brain hemisphere differentiation is correct, what are the implications for us as therapists? We live increasingly in a world where we both need to ‘be’ with clients, and...
Making measures human
Making measures human How do we get beyond the scepticism, hostility even, that many therapists have about using measures of outcome in their practice? Openness to considering the evidence that routine use of measures can improve client outcomes is a good start. From...
Deliver effective therapy, more efficiently, and at reduced cost. Here’s how
Deliver effective therapy, more efficiently, and at reduced cost. Here’s how. Even when practitioners are already using sessional outcome measures, it is possible to deliver effective therapy more efficiently, and at reduced cost. What’s more, both therapists and...
The ‘best evidence’ that’s missing from the draft NICE guideline for depression
The 'best evidence’ that's missing from the draft NICE guideline for depression NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guideline recommendations are based on the best available evidence, and what it costs. So says the NICE guideline development...
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