Lessons in Attunement
Scott Miller, Brooke Mathewes • 12/27/2019
What horsemanship can teach us about making sure our clients feel seen, heard, and helped.
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What Supershrinks Can Teach Us
Mark Hubble, Scott Miller • 9/27/2019
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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The Crucial Ingredients May Surprise You
Mark Hubble, Scott Miller • 7/21/2018
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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The Art of Healing in an Age of Science
Scott Miller, Mark Hubble • 3/13/2017
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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What Supershrinks Can Teach Us
Françoise Mathieu, Mark Hubble, Scott Miller • 5/1/2015
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 • 3/1/2015
To move forward, our profession needs a more consistent message about what we have to offer.
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With Psychopharmacology So Popular, Do We Still Need Therapy?
Scott Miller • 2/10/2015
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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What’s Missing from this Picture?
Mark Hubble, Scott Miller • 5/1/2011
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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What's the Secret of Their Success?
Mark Hubble, Scott Miller • 11/1/2007
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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Developing a Culture of Feedback in Your Practice
Barry Duncan, Scott Miller • 11/1/2007
Regularly using a few simple feedback measures—plus paying close attention to your failures—can make you a better therapist.
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