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...

Historically we have always been very fixated on modality-or type of therapy- and have always assumed that this is responsible for...

In training and lectures on treatment outcomes I often suggest that doing the wrong thing in sessions with clients has a bigger impact on...

Throughout 2019, Developing Health & Independence (DHI), have been marking their 20th anniversary as a charity by looking to the future....

It never ceases to surprise me in training and lectures when sharing well thought through, systematic, peer reviewed research findings...

I discuss the role of emotions in change and treatment outcomes. Particularly the importance of naming emotions in the here and now in...

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...

Anyone who has heard me speak on treatment outcomes will know of my proclivity to stress the importance of alliance in treatment...

In lectures and training in mental health I stress how current psychiatric diagnosis is really a short-hand for the presenting signs and...

Whenever someone starts to quote post-modernism / social construction theory to me, I point them in the direction of Alan Sokal. In the...

I often explore challenging research findings that questions some core assumptions about human development and treatment processes. I...

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...

New types of experiments call activity of hundreds of labs and thousands of scientific studies in neuroscience into question, and could...

I have been meaning to include the expansive and state-of the art research from Professor William White for some time now. Whilst his...

Nudge theory, a short hand for behavioral economics, has become increasingly popular in terms of understanding how to shape positive...

I recently posted a short piece on real time feedback. This research suggested that gathering feedback was not enough to improve a...

I was a very early adopter of real time feedback measures with clients. These tools measure the client response to treatment in each...

A recent conversation with a colleague reminded me of this great website that reminds us of the first law of research. Correlation is...

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...

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...