Can Low Empathy Be Toxic?
In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is...
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Phil Harris
Mar 27, 20203 min read
How to Support Others on Lock Down
In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different...
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Phil Harris
Feb 12, 20201 min read
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 20, 20181 min read
Beyond the Alliance: Understanding the "Real" Relationship
The Therapeutic Alliance has always been found to be the central driver of outcomes in treatment studies, regardless of modality. But is...
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Phil Harris
Dec 14, 20181 min read
HOPE Project: Suicide Prevention Feasibility Study Published
The research and results of the HOPE feasibility study have been published. This was a suicide prevention intervention designed to...
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Phil Harris
Dec 2, 20181 min read
The Magic Cure for Alcoholism: Empathy
A great privilege of running this blog is to share some of the work of practitioners who have inspired me but whose work is not often as...
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Phil Harris
Oct 8, 20183 min read
"We" Talk: The Language of Love
In lectures and training on Motivational Interviewing I stress how the emotional brain does not speak to us but through us. The casual...
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Phil Harris
Sep 27, 20184 min read
Want to Lose Weight-Start to Imagine
In training I emphasis that the client's goals must be detailed. This is because the human brain gains perspective by detail. When...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Emotional Pitch and Speech
In teaching Motivational Interviewing I describe how we need to listen to the emotional emphasis of the client's statements rather than...
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Phil Harris
May 31, 20182 min read
Regret: A Conflict Between Three Selves?
Forsaken dreams. Romantic interests not pursued. Securing a job near home rather than an adventurous position overseas. Our most...
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Phil Harris
Mar 20, 20171 min read
Motivational Interviewing: Step by Step
Findings recently republished a fantastic review of Motivational Interviewing. Whilst this person-centered approach has become...
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Phil Harris
Jan 17, 20171 min read
Free Motivational Interviewing Simulator Games
The National Institute of Drug Abuse in the US have produced some interesting patient simulation games to practice Motivational...
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