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Training therapists in evidence-based mental health interventions: What works and what holds promise for the future?

Society of Clinical Psychology

By the time she presented to the specialty clinic, she had seen a number of therapists and had little hope for improvement, stating that “nothing worked before.” However, despite all her years of psychosocial intervention, she had never received evidence-based interventions for her anxiety.

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Guest Post: Helping and Compassion Fatigue by Thomas R. Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt (USMC Veteran)

Bipolar Bandit

When handling trauma, therapists, counselors, health professionals, caregivers, and others that are helping, seek to understand the person, get a pulse on the crisis, engage in triaging the most devastating issues, and offer interventions that help to restore, or create in some cases, stability.

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How Stress Can Affect Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

And when I was sectioned under the mental health act for eating disorders aged 17, the stress of this psychosocial transition was likely the cause of my subsequent psychosis which involved hallucinations and deeply troubling experiences I’m still, 20+ years later, processing.

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

Yet, given the disagreement between those methods how much confidence should a therapist who arrives at an unstructured diagnosis of BPD have that even high-fidelity DBT will benefit their client? My lab is currently analyzing additional data that compares client and therapist-reports for predicting outcomes of psychotherapy.

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News Items – August 11, 2022

Social Workers Speak

She said she’s seen therapists in certain areas erring on the side of caution, canceling services altogether for trans youth. Being a teen is hard enough, but with the current adolescent mental health crisis , parents should know about the psychosocial challenges — from stress to suicidal thoughts — teens face nowadays.

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Diversity Spotlight: Sannisha K. Dale, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

What do you think therapists, scholars, and policy-makers can do to support these at risk individuals? I believe that for therapists, it depends on their training and the specific approach they take. For therapists, policymakers, and anyone seeking to intervene, it is essential to think critically about their respective fields.

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What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

We are now at a point where we recognize that some form of consultation or follow-up support is needed to achieve levels of skill that are similar to those of therapists in the original clinical trials. But this still isn’t the whole picture. Aarons, Hurlburt, & Horwitz., These frameworks share some common elements.