THERAPYMEETSNUMBERS
INTRODUCTION
I started TMN with my long term friend, product development buddy and senior accredited counselor Barry McInnes in May 2017. The goal is to help practitioners build bridges between research, evaluation and practice. Since then it’s formed a fascinating window into the world of therapy today and more recently into the impact and response by the whole sector to the Pandemic. We are in the early phases of releasing a series of products and services for our community to further our initial goal. The first phase is a collection of the most readily used clinical measures that offer a convenient electronic replacement to cumbersome paper predecessors this stands to raise engagement and adoption.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS TO DATE
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define business strategy
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define functional requirements from user interviews
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define feature prioritisation and road map
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develop interaction platform and measures
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web development
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research secure data warehousing, modelling, analysis and visualisation
NEWS AND CONTENT
TMN started as a blog on industry specific topics, but has expanded to encapsulate the changes that the sector has had to come to terms with during and post pandemic
Some of our categories include …
# COVID-19
#THE THERAPY PROCESS & OUTCOMES
#DROPOUT
# MEASURES & SYSTEMS
# SERVICE & PRACITIONER DEVELOPENT
COMMUNITY
We see community as an important part of TMN, firstly in informing and disseminating resources, and recently hosting an environment where our members can meet and talk with likeminded individuals
SDQ, YP-CORE and SWEMWEBS. You’d work hard to find three more different measures to test for their acceptability, applicability and appropriateness in an online counselling service for young people. So how did the young people that contacted Kooth experience them? And what do we know about the acceptability of measures to clients more generally? Kooth plc
https://bit.ly/3sHBupq
https://bit.ly/3sHBupq
How acceptable are outcome measures to young people? Therapy Meets Numbers
How acceptable did the young people accessing online service Kooth find the SDQ, YP-CORE and SWEMWBS measures?
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Delighted to contribute a chapter on using outcome measures with Charlie Duncan of BACP to this resource. Provides an accessible guide to conducting research for students and practicing therapists. Covers a range of qualitative, quantitative, pluralistic and mixed methods. https://amzn.to/2NEUKVh
Enjoying Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research
Enjoying Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research
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What’s it like to incorporate routine outcome measurement into your practice? Professional counsellor, TMN reader and Facebook group member Helen Breakwell offers her experience of involvement in BACP’s AdaPT project and makes the case for why we should consider getting involved in building the evidence base for our profession. https://therapymeetsnumbers.com/adapting-to-routine-outcome-measurement/
AdaPTing to routine outcome measurement - Therapy Meets Numbers
What’s it like to incorporate routine outcome measurement into your practice? Professional counsellor, TMN reader and Facebook group member Helen Breakwell offers her experience of involvement in BACP’s AdaPT project and makes the case for why we should consider getting involved in building the ...
therapymeetsnumbers.com
It seems our own case ‘formulations’ and supervision influence our therapy practice more than the findings from research. Is this why outcomes haven’t improved in 40 years? Does the gap between research and therapy practise undermine our credibility as a profession, and where do we go from here?
http://bit.ly/3raWFji
http://bit.ly/3raWFji
The place of research in therapy practice - Therapy Meets Numbers
When it comes to the role of research in psychotherapy practice, there seems to be a gap between what we say we want of research, and what we actually do with it in practice. We explore this rather ambivalent relationship a little further and ponder on what the future might look like. Research in ps...
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How long before the vaccine arrives?
"Each orange dot represents a dose of respiratory particles capable of infecting someone if inhaled. In the worst case scenario – shouting or singing in a closed space for an hour – a person with Covid-19 releases 1,500 infectious doses." Watch on a PC or tablet if you can and stay safe everyone!
https://bit.ly/3l4LxAh
"Each orange dot represents a dose of respiratory particles capable of infecting someone if inhaled. In the worst case scenario – shouting or singing in a closed space for an hour – a person with Covid-19 releases 1,500 infectious doses." Watch on a PC or tablet if you can and stay safe everyone!
https://bit.ly/3l4LxAh
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air
The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three everyday scenarios, based on the safety measures used and the length of exposure
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TOOLS AND RESOURCES
To support the community through this period of change TMN is starting the release of a series tools and resources to help their members. The first is a set of clinical measures including CORE-10, CORE-OM, GAD7, GHQ28, PHQ9. The roll out was started with the post below and will promote debate in all social channels for feedback on product development. (again, check back soon for more details)