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The Importance of "Whoops" in Improving Treatment Outcome

“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen, Anthem Making mistakes. We all do it, in both our personal and professional lives. “To err is human…,” the old saying goes. And most of us say, if asked, that we agree — read more
Becoming FIT: Simple but not Easy

Becoming FIT (feedback informed in treatment). Ask any experienced practitioner and they will tell you, "it’s such a simple idea, but it’s not easy." In addition to the time it takes to master the administration and interpretation of formal feedback, special skills are required for using the information to guide service delivery. Implementation in agencies… — read more
Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Obesity via Practice-Based Evidence: Weight Loss, Nutrition, and Work Productivity

Obesity is a large and growing problem in the United States and elswhere. Data gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics indicate that 33% Americans are obese. When overweight people are added to the mix, the figure climbs to a staggering 66%! The problem is not likely to go away soon or on its own as the same figures apply… — read more
Problems in Evidence-Based Land: Questioning the Wisdom of "Preferred Treatments"

This last week, Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor for the U.K. Independent published an article entitled, “The big question: Does cognitive therapy work? And should the NHS (National Health Service) provide more of it?” Usually such questions are limited to professional journals and trade magazines. Instead, it ran in the “Life and Style” section of one of Britain’s… — read more
On the Path of the Supershrinks: An Article by Bill Robinson

Not too long ago, my colleagues and I published some preliminary thoughts and findings from our research into "Supershrinks." That differences in effectiveness exist between clinicians is neither surprising or new. Indeed, "therapist effects"–as they are referred to in the research literature–have been documented for decades and rival the contribution of factors long known to… — read more

The Importance of "Whoops" in Improving Treatment Outcome

Becoming FIT: Simple but not Easy

Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Obesity via Practice-Based Evidence: Weight Loss, Nutrition, and Work Productivity

Problems in Evidence-Based Land: Questioning the Wisdom of "Preferred Treatments"

On the Path of the Supershrinks: An Article by Bill Robinson