How best to improve your performance as a clinician?  Take the continuing education multiple-choice quiz: a. Attend a two-day training; b. Have an hour of supervision from a recognized expert in a particular treatment approach; c. Read a professional book, article, or research study; d. Take a walk or nap. ...
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In my prior blogpost, I reviewed exciting developments taking place throughout Canada regarding "feedback-informed treatment" (FIT).  For those following me on Twitter--and if you're not, please do so by clicking on the link--you already know that last week I was in Tunbridge, England for a two day training sponsored by the Kent-Medway National Healthcare Trust on ...
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Last month, I traveled back and forth between the United States and Canada several times.  First, I was in Edmonton working with several hundred dedicated social workers, case managers, and therapists at The Family Centre.  A week later I traveled to Saskatoon, spending two days talking about outcome-informed clinical work at the ...
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This week I'm in Calgary, Canada. Last week, I was in Charleston, South Carolina. Next week, I'll be in Marion, Ohio and Bay City, Michigan. In each instance, I'm working with the management and staff of public behavioral health agencies that are busy implementing consumer-driven, outcome-informed clinical work. Some of ...
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Last week, I received an email from David Claud.  I've known Dave for the better part of a decade, having met--I believe--at a Ericksonian Conference in Florida where he lives and works.  He and the crew at the Center for Family Service in Palm Beach County figure prominently in the ...
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Helsingor Castle (the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet) Dateline: May 8th, 2010, Helsingor, Denmark This weekend I'm in Denmark doing a two-day workshop on "Supershrinks" sponsored by Danish psychologist and ICCE Senior Associate and Trainer Susanne Bargmann.  Just finished the first day with a group of 30 talented clinicians working diligently ...
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Let's face it.  Clinicians are tired.  Tired of paperwork (electronic or othrwise).  When I'm out and about training--which is every week by the way--and encouraging therapists to monitor and measure outcomes in their daily work few disagree in principle.  The pain is readily apparent however, the minute the paper version of the Outcome ...
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My first year in college, my declared major was accounting.  What can I say?  My family didn't have much money and my mother--who chose my major for me--thought that the next best thing to wealth was being close to money. Much to her disappointment I switched from accounting to psychology in my sophomore year.  That's when I ...
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Not long ago, my friend and colleague Dr. Rick Kamins was on vacation in Hawaii.  He was walking along the streets of a small village, enjoying the warm weather and tropical breezes, when the sign on a storefront caught his eye.  Healing Arts Alliance, it read.  The proprietor?  None other ...
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Just yesterday, the membership of the International Center for Clinical Excellence burst through the 1000 mark, making it the largest community of behavioral health professionals dedicated to excellence and feedback informed treatment (FIT).  And there's more news...click on the video below ...
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Dateline: Sunday, April 25th, 2010 Chicago, IL There's a feeling I get whenever I'm learning something new.  It's a combination of wonder and possibility.  Even though I've been traveling and teaching full time for over 18 years, I still feel that get that feeling of excitement whenever I step on a plane: What ...
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Dateline: Tuesday, 8:21pm, April 20th, 2010, Skellefteå, Sweden What an incredible week.  Spent the day today working with 250 social workers, case managers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and agency directors in the far nothern town of Skellefteå, Sweden.  Many practitioners here are already measuring outcomes on an ongoing basis and using the information to improve ...
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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 ...
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Spring of last year, I traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden to provide training GCK--an top notch organization led by Ulla Hansson and Ulla Westling-Missios providing cutting-edge training on "what works" in psychotherapy.  I'll be back this week again doing an open workshop and an advanced training for the group. While I'm always excited to ...
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Obesity is a large and growing problem in the United States and elsewhere.  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 ...
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Last week, my long time colleague and friend, Dr. Mark Hubble blogged about the current interest of non-medically trained therapists in the so-called "neurobiology of human behavior."  In my intro to his post, I "worried" out loud about the field's tendency to search for legitimacy by aligning with the ...
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