In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is...

In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different...

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

The Therapeutic Alliance has always been found to be the central driver of outcomes in treatment studies, regardless of modality. But is...

The research and results of the HOPE feasibility study have been published. This was a suicide prevention intervention designed to...

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...

In lectures and training on Motivational Interviewing I stress how the emotional brain does not speak to us but through us. The casual...

In training I emphasis that the client's goals must be detailed. This is because the human brain gains perspective by detail. When...

In teaching Motivational Interviewing I describe how we need to listen to the emotional emphasis of the client's statements rather than...

Forsaken dreams. Romantic interests not pursued. Securing a job near home rather than an adventurous position overseas. Our most...

Findings recently republished a fantastic review of Motivational Interviewing. Whilst this person-centered approach has become...

The National Institute of Drug Abuse in the US have produced some interesting patient simulation games to practice Motivational...