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Good News and Bad News about Psychotherapy

March 25, 2014 By scottdm 3 Comments

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Have you seen this month’s issue of, “The National Psychologist?”  If you do counseling or psychotherapy, you should read it.  The headline screams, “Therapy: No Improvement for 40 Years.”  And while I did not know the article would be published, I was not surprised by the title nor it’s contents.  The author and associate editor, John Thomas, was summarizing the invited address I gave at the recent Evolution of Psychotherapy conference.

Fortunately, it’s not all bad news.  True, the outcomes of psychotherapy have not been improving.  Neither is there much evidence that clinicians become more effective with age and experience.  That said, we can get better.  Results from studies of top performing clinicians point the way.  I also reviewed this exciting research in my presentation.
Even if you didn’t attend the conference, you can see it here thanks to the generosity of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.  Take a look at the article and video, then drop me a line and let me know what you think.  To learn more, you can access a variety of articles for free in the scholarly publications section of the website.

Click here to access the article from the National Psychologist about Scott Miller’s speech at the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in Anaheim, California (US) 

Filed Under: Top Performance Tagged With: accountability, Alliance, counselling, deliberate practice, erickson, evidence based practice, Evolution of Psychotherapy, feedback, healthcare, john thomas, psychotherapy, The National Psychologist, therapy

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  1. Wiktor Johnson says

    March 13, 2018 at 4:39 am

    Thank you for sharing such a great knowledge. Notting Hill Psychotherapy and Counselling – Lynn Arnold

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  2. Iocps says

    August 31, 2018 at 1:53 pm

    Interesting and thought provoking. Thank you

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  3. Dr. Zel Dolinsky, PhD in Biopsychology says

    March 13, 2019 at 11:57 am

    Yes. We have a very very very long way to go in the US. I was a respondent for the survey listed in the website above.

    The survey (see respondent comments in the survey) was recently done on nearly 500 individuals who were severely traumatized by being psychiatrically hospitalized in the US.

    Their (and my) comments are an appalling demonstration of what it is like to be locked away in a psychiatric hospital in the US.

    My experience was at the Institute of Living in Hartford, CT. Where I was emotionally, and physically abused by my own roommates. I was also sexually harassed by a female patient all while staff stood by and did not protect me. I am a 66 year old male.

    Sincerely

    Zelig Dolinsky, PhD in Biopsychology

    Reply

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