20. How to Use Measures Less Like an Assessment Tool, and More as a Conversational Tool (Therapy Tip of the Week #7)

In this week's Therapy Tip of the Week #7 (TTW), we talk about how to use outcome monitoring tools, not as an assessment tool, but as a conversational tool. If you have missed the previous videos on how to improve working alliance, here are links: 1. Seek to be Dis-confirmed 2. The Devil is the Details Between Sessions  3. How to Elicit Nuanced Feedback  ⏳ Time Stamps: 00:00: Introduction 00:40: Not Just an Assessment Tool 01:08: Why Measure at Each Session 02:44: A Clinical Example of Conflicting Ratings ➡ Sidenote: There are backfire effects if we use measures purely as an assessment tool. See this: The Tyranny of Metrics. Note: Any personally identifiable information in clinical examples used are changed, in order to protect their confidentiality and privacy. --- 📜 Becoming a Deep Learner: If you value lifelong learning and want to leverage this into your clinical effectiveness as a mental health professional, check out The Deep Learner course. https://darylchowcourses.teachable.com/p/deeplearner/ - -- 🎁 Finally, would like to receive 5 wicked handpicked recommendations each Friday? Subscribe to our Frontiers Friday newsletter: 🎯 https://darylchow.substack.com Here's a sample of past FF newsletters: 1. On Highly Sensitive Persons: https://darylchow.substack.com/p/4760832_frontiers-friday-101-sensitivity-part-i- 2. On Emotions: https://darylchow.substack.com/p/4760804_frontiers-friday-95-emotions-part-i- 3. On Deliberate Practice: https://darylchow.substack.com/p/4760599_frontiers-friday-51-deliberate-practice-part-v-  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com