How to Hallucinate (Without Drugs)
I felt I could reach through the screen to get to another place. Lasers became entire fans of light sweeping around, and then it felt as...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
What is Treatment?
Historically we have always been very fixated on modality-or type of therapy- and have always assumed that this is responsible for...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 12, 2020
- 1 min
Wrong Matters More Than Right in Helping
In training and lectures on treatment outcomes I often suggest that doing the wrong thing in sessions with clients has a bigger impact on...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
DHI: The Vision Project
Throughout 2019, Developing Health & Independence (DHI), have been marking their 20th anniversary as a charity by looking to the future....
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Phil Harris
- Nov 4, 2019
- 3 min
Think You Know Better? Here is Your Chance
It never ceases to surprise me in training and lectures when sharing well thought through, systematic, peer reviewed research findings...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
The Role of Emotional Expression in Treatment Outcomes
I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 24, 2019
- 2 min
Have I Told You About My Self-Disclosure?
I get asked about the issue of self-disclosure a lot in training. It is one of those difficult grey areas where people are never sure of...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 13, 2018
- 1 min
Ruptures in the Alliance Matter
Anyone who has heard me speak on treatment outcomes will know of my proclivity to stress the importance of alliance in treatment...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 15, 2018
- 1 min
A Revolution in Diagnosis of Mental Illness?
In lectures and training in mental health I stress how current psychiatric diagnosis is really a short-hand for the presenting signs and...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Social Constructionism Exposed as Drivel-Yet Again
Whenever someone starts to quote post-modernism / social construction theory to me, I point them in the direction of Alan Sokal. In the...
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Phil Harris
- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
Echo Chambers of the Mind
I often explore challenging research findings that questions some core assumptions about human development and treatment processes. I...
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Phil Harris
- May 9, 2018
- 1 min
The Counselor Matters The Most In Drug Treatment: A Classic Revisited
McLellen et al 1985 research study on the power of the alliance in the treatment of clients of methadone scripts changed my view of drug...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 2, 2018
- 2 min
We Have Got the Brain All Wrong Say Physicists!
New types of experiments call activity of hundreds of labs and thousands of scientific studies in neuroscience into question, and could...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 27, 2017
- 1 min
Addiction Recovery Special: Professor William White
I have been meaning to include the expansive and state-of the art research from Professor William White for some time now. Whilst his...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 18, 2017
- 1 min
Beyond Nudge
Nudge theory, a short hand for behavioral economics, has become increasingly popular in terms of understanding how to shape positive...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 27, 2017
- 1 min
Feedback is Not Enough (Revisited)
I recently posted a short piece on real time feedback. This research suggested that gathering feedback was not enough to improve a...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 26, 2017
- 1 min
Beyond Feedback: How to Maximize Outcomes Through Reflective Practice
I was a very early adopter of real time feedback measures with clients. These tools measure the client response to treatment in each...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
Spurious Connections
A recent conversation with a colleague reminded me of this great website that reminds us of the first law of research. Correlation is...
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Phil Harris
- May 17, 2017
- 1 min
Prescribed Morality
Drugs have a wide range of side effects. However, one side effect that is rarely discussed and little known is the effect drugs can have...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 28, 2017
- 1 min
Prof David Orlinsky on Addiction Research and Treatment Outcomes
I am a huge fan of Prof David Orlinsky's work. He has conducted extensive research on treatment processes and outcomes and his work on...
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