This page gives you links to my articles & videos about:
- Couples Coaching
- Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT)
- Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Self care for therapists
- Trauma counselling in supervision
- Supervision groups in private practice
Article – Here to help: A therapist’s journey into Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT)
Using a case study and meta-analytic data, this article in the Australian Counselling Research Journal (ACRJ) makes the argument that routinely using Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT), is a robust way to improve outcomes and alliance in counselling. This method simultaneously centres our clients’ voices, provides quality assurance, prevents worsening symptoms in clients at risk of poor treatment outcomes, and enhances professional development and accountability.
Video on Sex, Intimacy & Desire with Jennifer Jefferies – 41 minutes
A lively discussion about sex, intimacy and desire with Jennifer Jefferies of The Present Day Wise Woman podcast. We talk about the difference between intimacy and sex, barriers to intimacy, the five gears of sex, desire “brakes and accelerators”, advice for women and much more.
Video on Couples Coaching with Jennifer Jefferies – 49 min
Relationships don’t come with a rulebook. In this conversation with Jennifer Jefferies on The Present Day Wise Woman Podcast, I speak about how singles can rebuild confidence, how couples can reignite intimacy, and what to do when you’re on the fence about your future together. We also dive into the wisdom of “wise women” and the power of mentorship across generations, because love, connection, and guidance are what truly hold us together.
Video on Feedback Informed Training (FIT) for Therapists – 48 min
Feedback Informed Training for Therapists – This webinar was hosted by the Mind Body Training Institute. Here we discuss the science and art of Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT), which helps coaches, counsellors, psychologists, psychotherapists and social workers track the outcomes (results) and alliance (relationship) with our behavioural health clients.
Twelve 3 minute videos on Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT)
These videos on Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) – Here Nathan Castle from The International Center for Clinical Excellence & I explore a range of topics including: Why it’s important for clinicians to add Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) to their work; How FIT empowers clients; What prevents clinicians from engaging in FIT; How FIT blends the art & the science of helping; Whether FIT is applicable across treatment approaches.
Video on What Makes a Good Psychotherapist?
Daniel Mintie from All Things CBT and I discuss What Makes A Good Psychotherapist? We talk about my article in Skeptic Magazine (see below) called “Psychotherapy Redeemed”. Daniel’s a therapy educator & adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Medicine. We had a lively discussion about measuring outcomes & alliance in therapy with a process called Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) as well as about Deliberate Practice (DP).
Psychotherapy Redeemed Article
Psychotherapy Redeemed – This is my response to the much admired Dr. Harriet Hall aiming to balance some unwarranted claims about psychotherapy. You can see it it in the archive of Skeptic Magazine.
Video on How do you know when you can’t keep giving?
This video interview with my colleague Clinton Power asks me about “Self-Care for Therapists: How Do You Know When You Can’t Keep Giving?” 21:56 minutes long.
Articles
Self-care for Therapists – Here I write about the things to be aware of as a counsellor when you consider all that self-care entails.
Promoting Thriving for Therapists – This is a very detailed article on creating your own comprehensive programme of self-care based on the five core modules of body, emotions, mind, spirit and ethics.
Embracing Trauma Counselling in Supervision – In this article I talk about the various ways that supervisors can help their supervisees deal with any consequences arising from seeing clients who have experienced trauma.
Supervision groups in private practice: an integrative approach – Here I compare two models of group supervision which supervisors can use in their private practice.
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