21. Listen for Changes in Wellbeing (Therapy Tip of the Week #8)
Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development Podcast by Daryl Chow, Ph.D. - A podcast by Daryl Chow
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n this week's tip, I'd talk about how we can specifically listen for changes between sessions, and why measuring a person's wellbeing matters more than a symptom-specific measure.
If you have missed the previous videos on how to improve working alliance and being outcome informed, here are links:
- Seek to be Disconfirmed
- The Devil is the Details Between Sessions
- How to Use Measures Less Like an Assessment Tool...
Time Stamps: 00:00: Introduction 00:47: Listening for Differences Between Sessions 01:02: Limits of Symptom-Specific Measures 02:53: Paying Attention to Changes Outside of Therapy
Note: Any personally identifiable information in clinical examples used are changed, in order to protect their confidentiality and privacy.
Related Links:
- Melissa Bond's research on the limitations of the DASS measure and why it was not designed to be used as a routine outcome measure.
- Podcast episode on The Dyson Vacuum Cleaner and Making Progress Visible
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