Routine Outcome Monitoring in Couple and Family Therapy : The Empirically Informed Therapist

This research-to-practice manual introduces Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM), a feedback-based approach to preventing impasses and relapses in couple and family therapy as well as within other psychotherapy approaches. This book discusses how ROM has been developed and experienced within the Norwegian couples and family therapy community in line with international trends of bridging the gap between clinical practice and research. Locating the method in evidence-based systemic practice, contributors describe the core techniques, tools, and process of ROM, including examples of effective uses of feedback over different stages of therapy, with individuals in family context, and implemented in different countries. Giving clients this level of control in treatment reinforces the concept of therapy as a collaborative process, fostering client engagement and involvement, commitment to treatment, and post-treatment progress. ROM is applicable across clinical settings and clinician orientations for maximum utility in work with clients, and in building therapeutic self-awareness. Features of the book: •Theoretical and empirical context for using ROM with families and couples. •Tools and procedures, including the Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change. •Guidelines for treatment planning, implementation, and evaluation. •Common challenges in using ROM with couples and families. •Supervisory, training, and ethical issues. •Examples and vignettes showing ROM in action. With its deep potential for promoting client progress as well as therapist development, Routine Outcome Monitoring in Couple and Family Therapy: The Empirically Informed Therapist will attract practitioners and research professionals particularly interested in clinical practice, client-directed methods, and couple or family therapy. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 How Do I Know Whether My Efforts Are Helpful for the Client? Implementing Feedback in Norway....Pages 3-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 The History of Family Therapy in Norway....Pages 17-43 A Sociological Perspective on Changes in the Family in Norway....Pages 45-62 Family Therapy and Philosophy: Inspiration and Frustration....Pages 63-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 The Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change—STIC: A Multi-systemic and Multi-dimensional System to Integrate Science into Psychotherapeutic Practice....Pages 85-101 The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs’ Efforts to Implement Feedback in Routine Couple and Family Therapy....Pages 103-119 Feedback as Means to Enhance Client–Therapist Interaction in Therapy....Pages 121-142 Does Feedback Enhance User Involvement in Therapy?....Pages 143-158 Empirically Informed Therapy Conducted at the Family Unit, Modum Bad....Pages 159-172 Family Therapy and Holistic Complexity—An Ethnographic Approach to Therapeutic Practice in a Norwegian Psychiatric Clinic....Pages 173-187 An Anthill of Questions that Made Me Prepare for the First Session: A Clinical Vignette of the Usage of STIC Feedback System....Pages 189-209 Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Feedback System in Couple and Family Therapy....Pages 211-224 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 How, When, and Why Do People Change Through Psychological Interventions?—Patient-Focused Psychotherapy Research....Pages 227-243 How to Use Research to Become More Effective Therapists....Pages 245-260 How Can Outcome Data Inform Change? Experiences from the Child Mental Health Context in Great Britain, Including Barriers and Facilitators to the Collection and Use of Data....Pages 261-279 Front Matter....Pages 281-281 Epilogue....Pages 283-287 Back Matter....Pages 289-290 This research-to-practice manual introduces Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM), a feedback-based approach to preventing impasses and relapses in couple and family therapy as well as within other psychotherapy approaches. This book discusses how ROM has been developed and experienced within the Norwegian couples and family therapy community in line with international trends of bridging the gap between clinical practice and research. Locating the method in evidence-based systemic practice, contributors describe the core techniques, tools, and process of ROM, including examples of effective uses of feedback over different stages of therapy, with individuals in family context, and implemented in different countries. Giving clients this level of control in treatment reinforces the concept of therapy as a collaborative process, fostering client engagement and involvement, commitment to treatment, and post-treatment progress. ROM is applicable across clinical settings and clinician orientations for maximum utility in work with clients, and in building therapeutic self-awareness.Features of the book:•Theoretical and empirical context for using ROM with families and couples.•Tools and procedures, including the Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change.•Guidelines for treatment planning, implementation, and evaluation.•Common challenges in using ROM with couples and families.•Supervisory, training, and ethical issues.•Examples and vignettes showing ROM in action.With its deep potential for promoting client progress as well as therapist development, __Routine Outcome Monitoring in Couple and Family Therapy: The Empirically Informed Therapist__ will attract practitioners and research professionals particularly interested in clinical practice, client-directed methods, and couple or family therapy.