Publications

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Books

Better Results

Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness

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The Heart & Soul of Change

Delivering What Works in Therapy

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The Heroic Client

A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy

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Escape From Babel

Toward a Unifying Language for Psychotherapy Practice

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The Cycle of Excellence

Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Supervision and Training

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Scholarly Publications

Implementing routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice: benefits, challenges, and solutions

Boswell, J.F., Kraus, D.R., Miller, S.D. & Lambert, M.J. (2013). Psychotherapy Research

Creating a climate for therapist improvement: A case study of an agency focused on outcomes and deliberate practice

Goldberg, S., Babins-Wagner, R., Rousmaniere, T., Berzins, S., Hoyt, W., Whipple, J., Miller, S., & Wampold, B. (2016). Psychotherapy, 53, 367-375

Do psychotherapists improve with time and experience? A longitudinal analysis of real world outcome data

Goldberg, S.B., Rousmaniere, T., Miller, S.D., Whipple, J., Nielsen, S.L., Hoyt, W.T., & Wampold, B.E. (2016). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63, 1-11

Beyond measures and monitoring: Realizing the potential of feedback-informed treatment

Miller, S.D., Hubble, M.A., Chow, D., & Seidel, J. (2015). Psychotherapy, 52(4), 449-457

Supervisor variance in psychotherapy outcome in routine practice

Rousmaniere, T., Swift, J., Babins-Wagner, R., Whipple, J., Berzins, S. (2016). Psychotherapy Research 26 (2), 196-205

Trajectories of change in short-term psychotherapy

Owen, J., Adelson, J. L., Budge, S. L., Wampold, B. E., Kopta, M., Minami, T., & Miller, S. D. (2015). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71, 817-827

Improving Outcomes One Client at a Time: Feedback Informed Treatment with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused

Prescott & Miller (2014)

The Outcome of Psychotherapy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Miller, Hubble, Chow, & Seidel (2013)

Implementing Routine Outcome Monitoring in Clinical Practice: Benefits, Challenges, and Solutions

Boswell, Kraus, Miller, & Lambert (2013)

Effect Size Calculations for the Clinician: Methods and Comparability

Seidel, Miller & Chow (2013)

Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT): Improving the Outcome of Sex Therapy One Person at a Time

Miller & Donahey

Assessing Counselor Effects on Quit Rates and Life Satisfaction at a Tobacco Quitline

Michael, Seltzer, Miller, & Wampold (2012)

Group Session Rating Scale: Preliminary Psychometrics in Substance Abuse Interventions

Quirk, Miller, Duncan, & Owens (2012)

The Outcome and Session Rating Scales: A Brief Overview

Miller & Bargmann (2012)

The Road to Mastery: What it takes to be an Exceptional Therapist

Miller & Hubble (2011) - Available in Swedish

How to Become a Master in Your Work

Miller & Hubble (2014). Swedish Journal for School Nurses

It's not the Right Way: How Deliberate Practice can Improve Performance

Millham & Miller (2011)

Feedback Informed Treatment: Improving the Outcome of Treatment One Man at a Time

Miller & Bargmann

Determining what works in the treatment of PTSD

Wampold, Imel, Laksa, Benish, Miller et al. (2010)

The ORS and SRS Scales: A Cross-cultural Examination of the Psychometric Properties

Hafkenscheid, Duncan, & Miller (2010)

Barriers to the dissemination of empirically supported treatments

Wampold, Imel, & Miller (2009)

Possible applications of psychotherapy outcome research to traditional Chinese medicine

Henley & Miller (2010)

Supershrinks: Learning from the Fields Most Effective Practitioners

Miller, Hubble & Duncan (2008)

Distinctions without a difference: Direct comparisons of psychotherapies for alcohol use disorders

Imel, Wampold, Miller & Fleming (2008)

Direct comparisons of treatment modalities for youth disorders: A meta-analysis

Miller, Wampold & Varhely (2008)

How Being Bad Can Make you Good

Duncan, Miller & Hubble (2008)

Supershrinks: An Interview with Scott Miller about What Clinicians can Learn from the Field's Most Effective Practitioners

Miller (2008)

The Future of the Field: An Interview with Scott D. Miller, Ph.D.

Walt & Miller (2007)

When Seeking Psychotherapy

Miller & Duncan (2007)

Just Say No to Drugs as a First Treatment for Child Problems

Duncan, Sparks, Murphy & Miller (2007)

Common factors and the uncommon heroism of youth

Duncan, Miller & Sparks (2007)

Giving Youth a Voice: A Preliminary Study of the Reliability and Validity of a Brief Outcome Measure for Children, Adolescents, and Caretakers

Duncan, Sparks & Miller (2006)

The Reliability and Validity of the ORS: A Replication

Bringhurst, Watson et al. (2006)

Integrating psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy: Myths and the missing link

Sparks, Duncan & Miller (2006)

Evidenced Based Practice (EBP): Talking Points

Duncan & Miller (2006)

The Manual is not the Territory

Duncan & Miller (2006)

Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Clinical Work with Problem Drinkers

Miller, Mee-Lee, Plum, & Hubble (2005)

Making Treatment Count

Miller, Mee-Lee, Plum, & Hubble (2005)

The Partner's for Change Outcome Management System

Miller, Duncan, Brown, Sorrell, & Brown (2005)

Using Formal Client Feedback to Improve Retention and Outcome

Miller, Duncan et al. (2005)

Losing faith: Arguing for a new way to think about therapy

Miller with Hubble (2004)

Beyond integration: The triumph of outcome over process in clinical practice

Miller, Duncan & Hubble (2004)

The session rating scale: Preliminary psychometric properties of a "working alliance" inventory

Duncan, Miller, Sparks et al. (2004)

The outcome rating scale: A preliminary study of the reliability, validity, and feasibility of a brief visual analog measure

Miller, Duncan, Brown et al. (2003)

Further archaeological and ethnological findings on the obscure, late 20th century, quasi-religious Earth group known as "the therapists"

Miller & Hubble (2004)

Applying a Common Factors Perspective to Sex Therapy

Donahey & Miller (2004)

No More Bells and Whistles

Miller, Duncan, & Hubble (1995)