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Ideally, therapists should select for each patient the therapy that accords, or can be brought to accord, with the patient’s personal

The alliance is the central filter of all your words and actions: Is what I am saying and doing now building or risking the alliance? Bordin (1979)

The alliance is an all-encompassing framework for psychotherapy — it transcends any specific therapist behavior and is a property of all aspects of

Listening creates a holy silence. When you listen generously to people, they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. And when you

The Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale, key components of the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), are not only reliable

Until lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter. African

Mental health assessment tools, also called outcome management tools or quality improvement tools, are often part of what is called routine outcome

How do you accelerate your development? The prerequisite is your understanding that you are a primary figure in each client’s ultimate outcome —

The therapeutic environment has evolved to encompass a broad range of techniques and philosophies. Professionals treat an equally extensive array of

Why do clients discontinue therapy? Research demonstrates that at least one in every five clients terminates therapy prior to completion, with some