21. Listen for Changes in Wellbeing (Therapy Tip of the Week #8)

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:

1. Seek to be Disconfirmed
2. The Devil is the Details Between Sessions
3. 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:

1. 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.
2. Podcast episode on The Dyson Vacuum Cleaner and Making Progress Visible
   
   

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