Get Better Results & Enjoy the Work More: 21 Ways to Make Therapy More Effective
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2025
We don’t do therapy by formula, of course; we treat every individual and couple as unique. But over time, the best therapists have observed that certain ways of practicing our craft are more likely to get positive outcomes (and often more quickly, with less aggravation). What are these?
Some involve what we’ve learned about human emotion and decision-making, and how to use that knowledge to advance (or protect) the therapy. Others involve the therapeutic relationship itself—one of our most powerful clinical tools, which we want to make and keep as effective as possible. When we don’t work harder than our patients—and get better results, too—we generally enjoy our work more.
These are techniques that we don’t learn in school. Take advantage of what a Master Clinician has learned over 40 years—so you don’t have to wait that long to develop this practical wisdom yourself.
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Intermediate After attending this webinar, participants will be able to
Describe ways of managing a therapy practice that support the therapeutic relationship and positive clinical outcomes;
Identify strategies for productively and enjoyably managing the therapist-patient relationship;
Investigate ways you can teach patients and couples to cooperatively shape conflict;
Determine your patients’ narratives that undermine their life satisfaction.
Educational Objectives
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to
- Describe ways of managing a therapy practice that support the therapeutic relationship and positive clinical outcomes;
- Identify strategies for productively and enjoyably managing the therapist-patient relationship;
- Investigate ways you can teach patients and couples to cooperatively shape conflict;
- Determine your patients’ narratives that undermine their life satisfaction.
Syllabus
- Using the therapeutic relationship intentionally
- Content vs. process—how to move between them, and help patients do so
- Claiming the therapist’s appropriate power in session
- What is it like for someone to be in therapy with you?
- Learning the right things about patients’ lives
- Work smarter, not harder—running your practice so that you take advantage of what you’ve learned about effective therapy
