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Three easy ways to collect outcome data

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Liebert

Sarah Pflug / Burst / Used under licenseTherapists and counselors are increasingly required to formally gather outcome data on their work. This is good: The more data that we have on our work, the more intentional and effective our clinical decisions can become. Regularly collecting and attending to outcome data, therefore, suggests constant movement towards improvement.

Many therapists struggle, however, with questions about what data to gather, and how to best gather it. Even among those who philosophically agree that regularly collecting outcome data helps to more meaningfully direct therapy, they often don’t do it.

Thankfully, there are a number of easy ways for therapists to collect outcome data. Many come at no cost. The following are just three of the many different tools/assessments therapists can use to collect and interpret outcome data.

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    • Supervision of California BBS Associates
    • Supervision for Clinical Effectiveness
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