In 1985, I was starting my second year as a doctoral student at the University of Utah.  Like thousands of other graduate students, I'd watched the "Gloria" films.  Carl Roger, Albert Ellis, Fritz Perls were all impressive if not confusing given their radically different styles.  I also knew that I would soon have the opportunity ...
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For those of you are friends with me on Facebook (and if you’re not already, please do as it’s a blast), you know I was teaching at the 41st Annual Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies. First, let me express my appreciation to the Board and Michelle Brown for ...
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What causes change in psychotherapy?  Specific treatments applied to specific disorders?  Those in the "evidence-based" say so and have had a huge influence on behavioral healthcare policy and reimbursement.  Over the last 10 years, my colleagues and I have written extensively and traveled the world offering a different perspective: by and large, the ...
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As those of you who have followed my work and blog know, my perspective is evolving.  The direction I’m heading builds on all of the work done to date including the common factors, measurement of outcome and alliance, and feedback.  Crucially, however, it goes one step further; bridging the common ...
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If you've been following my website and the Top Performance Blog you know that my professional interests over the last couples of years have been shifting, away from psychotherapy, the common factors, and feedback and toward the study of expertise and excellence. Studying this literature (click here for an interesting ...
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So what is the first step to improving your performance?  Simply put, knowing your baseline.  Whatever the endeavor, you have to keep score.  All great performers do.  As a result, the performance in most fields has been improving steadily over the last 100 years. Consider, for instance, the Olympics. Over ...
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Most of my career has been spent providing and studying psychotherapy.  Together with my colleagues at the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change, I've now published 8 books and many, many articles and scholarly papers.  If you are interested you can read more about and even download many of ...
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