Exposing the Mythmakers
How Soft Sell Has Replaced Hard Science
Emotional suffering, according to a new view, is a genetic glitch, successfully treatable by drugs. Depression is no longer thought to be shaped by such diverse forces as a sedentary, lonely or impoverished life;
the loss of love, health or community; "learned helplessness" or feelings of powerlessness arising from unsatisfying work or an abusive relationship. Its resolution no longer requires anyone to get meaningful support from others, to establish a collaborative relationship with a good psychotherapist, to draw on community resources, or for communities to address conditions that breed depression.
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Burnout Reconsidered
What Supershrinks Can Teach Us
By Scott Miller, Mark Hubble, and Françoise Mathieu - An entire industry has sprung up to address the problem of compassion fatigue, but research indicates that the most commonly proposed answer, improved self-care, doesn’t work. In fact, the study of the most highly effective clinicians suggests that burnout isn’t related to caring too much, but continuing to care ineffectively.
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Reclaiming Therapeutic Excellence
The Crucial Ingredients May Surprise You
By Scott Miller and Mark Hubble - Working harder isn't about filling the week with additional hours on the job. Reaching the top requires hard work of an entirely different order: consistently and consciously pushing to reach objectives just beyond one’s level of proficiency. Because of the human tendency to underplay our shortcomings, measurement and feedback are vital
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Antidepressants and Therapy, a Strange Alliance
With Psychopharmacology So Popular, Do We Still Need Therapy?
In the last decade, a vast intellectual and emotional sea change has taken place. We now inhabit a culture where many people hold the view that their emotional pain is "biochemical" and can be cured by simply taking a pill. In this prevailing cultural script, therapy is sometimes ignored altogether. These views have taken on the luster of scientific truths. But they are not truths. They are myths. Our culture's exaggerated faith in these psychiatric medications rests not on science, but on brilliant marketing by a profit-driven industry. Outcome research has not found these drugs to be any better than therapy, and only marginally better than placebos.
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Meet You in McGinnis Meadows
Lessons in Attunement
What horsemanship can teach us about making sure our clients feel seen, heard, and helped.
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How Psychotherapy Lost Its Magick
The Art of Healing in an Age of Science
Studies show more people pay for the services of advisors claiming special powers than see mental health practitioners. How can mentalists and mediums be flourishing at a time when therapists—trained and sanctioned to care for people’s emotional well-being—are struggling to inspire confidence? In an effort to improve therapists’ efficacy, two researchers find themselves on an unexpected path.
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Burnout Reconsidered
What Supershrinks Can Teach Us
An entire industry has sprung up to address the problem of compassion fatigue, but research indicates that the most commonly proposed answer, improved self-care, doesn’t work. In fact, the study of the most highly effective clinicians suggests that burnout isn’t related to caring too much, but continuing to care ineffectively.
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Scott Miller on Resolving Our Identity Crisis
To move forward, our profession needs a more consistent message about what we have to offer.
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The Road To Mastery
What’s Missing from this Picture?
Therapists usually enter the field because they’re drawn to it and have innate capacities to do the work. But whether they excel depends largely on their professional community. Unfortunately, current psychotherapy practice doesn’t foster excellence as much as mediocrity, inertia, and an intense fear of change.
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Supershrinks
What's the Secret of Their Success?
Why do some therapists clearly stand out above the rest, consistently getting far better results than most of their colleagues? According to the research, it isn't training, experience, theory, personality style, or even raw talent that makes the difference.
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How Being Bad Can Make You Better
Developing a Culture of Feedback in Your Practice
Regularly using a few simple feedback measures—plus paying close attention to your failures—can make you a better therapist.
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Exposing the Mythmakers
How Soft Sell Has Replaced Hard Science
Emotional suffering, according to a new view, is a genetic glitch, successfully treatable by drugs. Depression is no longer thought to be shaped by such diverse forces as a sedentary, lonely or impoverished life;
the loss of love, health or community; "learned helplessness" or feelings of powerlessness arising from unsatisfying work or an abusive relationship. Its resolution no longer requires anyone to get meaningful support from others, to establish a collaborative relationship with a good psychotherapist, to draw on community resources, or for communities to address conditions that breed depression.
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Scott Miller, Ph.D., founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence, is the coauthor of The Heart and Soul of Change: What Works in Therapy and The Heroic Client: Principles of Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Clinical Work.
