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It isn’t a pretty picture. In spite of 100 years of theorizing and research, the effectiveness of therapy has not improved. What can we do to help? Not learning a new method of therapy. Not going to another CEU event or sorting through the research journals at your desk. A simple, valid, and reliable alternative exists for maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of treatment based on using ongoing client feedback to empirically tailor services to the individual client’s needs and characteristics. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration considers feedback informed treatment to be an evidence-based practice. According to research conducted at multiple sites across a wide range of clients and presenting complaints, clinicians can improve the outcomes of those cases most at risk for failure by as much as 65% without having to change their preferred treatment approach or learn any new treatment techniques.

The educational objectives are listed.

1. Explain how to track outcome using a simple and reliable measure.
2. Demonstrate how to monitor and improve the therapeutic alliance via the use of a simple and reliable alliance measure.
3. Describe how to use alliance and outcome data to identify cases “at risk” for treatment failure and/or drop out from services.

Session may be edited to preserve confidentiality.