Bill Andrews is a certified trainer with the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change (ISTC). He offers training on the integration of client directed outcome informed practice into psychotherapy and counselling.

Outcome Measures in Practice

The following information and series of mediaplayer presentations will be of interest to those working anywhere in the world who wish to understand the importance of becoming outcome informed.

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Becoming outcome informed (part 1)

Becoming outcome informed (part 2)

Becoming outcome informed (part 3)

Becoming outcome informed (part 4)

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".

ORS and SRS (part 1)

ORS and SRS (part 2)

ORS and SRS (part 3)

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.

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.

Issues in the UK - 1

Issues in the UK - 2

Issues in the UK - 3

CORE

For therapists seeking further information about the CORE System Group please go to their website at www.coreims.co.uk. CORE documentation may be obtained here.

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

Therapists please note:

All details regarding outcome measures discussed in the presentations are available at the bottom of the page:

"outcome informed practice".