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This training page contains a series of short tutorials progressing through a consideration of existing research around the concept of practice based evidence and outcome informed practice and then moving on to consideration of some of the relevant issues and challenges facing the field of counselling and psychotherapy in the UK in 2006 and onwards.
Outcome Measures in PracticeThe following information and series of flashplayer presentations will be of interest to those working anywhere in the world who wish to understand the importance of becoming outcome informed. (The presentations typically take around 20 sec. to begin playing on a broadband connection) Becoming outcome informed (part 1) Becoming outcome informed (part 2) Becoming outcome informed (part 3) Becoming outcome informed (part 4) NEW Understanding Clinical and Reliable Change The next 3 short presentations provide a brief introduction to the use of paper versions of ORS and SRS outcome measures in everyday practice. For more comprehensive explanation of working with ORS and SRS measures please read "The Heroic Client". Special thanks to Barry Duncan and Scott Miller for all their help and support with these presentations.
Outcome Informed Research in UK IMPORTANT: In recent months we have been working collaboratively with the CORE team to better understand the climate around outcome informed psychotherapy and counselling research as it applies curently in the UK. We wish to express our thanks to them for all their support and guidance concerning much of the material in the next 3 presentations below, including permission to reproduce some of their copyrighted slides. Further information about the CORE system, details of training in the use of CORE etc. is available at www.coreims.co.uk. To register with CORE and obtain pdf documents of all the CORE forms please click here.
The next presentations below deal specifically with issues around counselling and psychotherapy as they apply in the UK in 2006 and incorporate suggestions of an approach to setting up Practice Research Networks.
CORE For therapists seeking further information about the CORE System Group please go to their website at www.coreims.co.uk. Samples of the CORE outcome measures are available here. You may obtain all of the CORE documentation directly from CORE once you register with them at: http://www.coreims.co.uk/forms_mailer.php ORS/SRS Both of these scales have been developed by the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change (ISTC). We encourage all counsellors and psychotherapists to become interested in outcomes. Following registration with the ISTC these forms can be downloaded at no charge and used in personal practice. Counsellors and psychotherapists wishing to register now with the ISTC please click here
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