Outcome

Are Mental Health Practioners Afraid of Research and Statistics?

A few weeks back I received an email from Dr. Kevin Carroll, a marriage and family therapist in Iowa. Attached were the findings from his doctoral dissertation. The subject was near and dear to my heart: the measurement of outcome in routine clinical practice. The findings were inspiring. Although few graduate level programs include training… — read more
Why is this man laughing?

May 4th, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark Just finished my first day of a two week trip covering spots in Denmark and Holland. Yesterday, I traveled to Copenhagen from Hilo, Hawaii where I was presenting for the Hawaiian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Gay Barflied (pictured on the far left above) spent years lobbying to… — read more
Hope Transcends: Learning from our Clients

"Hope Transcends" was the theme of the 39th Annual Summer Institute on Substance Abuse and Mental Health held in Newark, Delaware this last week. I had the honor of working with 60+ clinicians, agency managers, peer supports, and consumers of mental health services presenting a two-day, intensive training on "feedback-informed clinical work." I met so… — read more
Eruptions in Europe and in Research

Dateline: 11:20 am, April 18th, 2010 Today I was supposed to fly from Stockholm, Sweden to the far northern town of Skelleftea–a flight that takes a little over an hour. Instead, I’m sitting on a train headed for Sundsvall, the first leg of a 12 hour trip that will include a 6 hour bus ride… — read more

Are Mental Health Practioners Afraid of Research and Statistics?

Why is this man laughing?

Hope Transcends: Learning from our Clients

Eruptions in Europe and in Research