I am doing a free webinar about CDOI. Here is a teaser:

And here is info about the webinar:

“Dr. Barry Duncan – What in the heck is CDOI? Client Directed, Outcome Informed Ideas and Practices”

You might hear folks say CDOI this or CDOI that, and wonder, what in the heck is CDOI?! Client directed, outcome informed services contain no fixed techniques or causal theories regarding the concerns that bring people to treatment. Any interaction can be client-directed and outcome-informed when the consumer’s voice is privileged, social justice is embraced, recovery is expected, and helpers purposefully form partnerships to: (1) enhance the factors across theories that account for success—especially the heart and soul of change; (2) use client’s ideas and preferences (theories) to guide choice of technique and model; and (3) inform the work with reliable and valid measures of the consumer’s experience of the alliance and outcome. This webinar covers the waterfront, from recovery to the common factors to the ORS and SRS—an all in one place description of this thing we call CDOI.

Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

Register now by clicking the link below:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/326593746  

BTW, check out the new resources added to the handouts page: CDOI Fact Sheet, Youth Outcome Management, and Evidence Based Practice Talking Points: http://heartandsoulofchange.com/resources/handouts/

And I wanted to let you know about all the publicity the Norway Feedback Study has received after a press release was sent out by the University of Rhode Island—a co-investigator of the study was Dr. Jacqueline Sparks, faculty in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

5 Questions with Dr. Sparks http://www.pbn.com/detail.html?sub_id=46289

New Therapy Technique Reduces Divorce Rates http://ow.ly/162i0O

Professor finds strong link between counseling approach and relationship success: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171024.php  

Finally, the Norway Feedback Study also made the Clinician Digest by Garry Cooper in the November edition of the Psychotherapy Networker. Check it out:

http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/currentissue/689-clinicians-digest?start=3

I hope you join me for the free webinar.

Just back from an incredible conference of consumers and providers, the 20th annual Children Come First event with the wonderful name: Ready, Set, Relationship! This was the continuing efforts of a group of dedicated individuals, called Wisconsin Family Ties, almost all of whom are parents of special needs children, to give families the support, encouragement, and resources they need to survive and thrive in tough times. They embrace the values of consumer strengths and wisdom as well as the power of change that resides in human relationships. I can’t really say enough about them nor can I express how moved I was to experience their commitment to what they are doing. The director, Hugh Davis, was nothing short of inspirational. He gave up a lucrative career in corporate America to try to make a difference with families who are under exceptional pressures from within because of a special needs child and from without from a system oriented more toward investigation and punishment than helping folks succeed. Constantly fighting an uphill battle for funding, they are making a significant difference in the lives of hundreds of children and families.

Check them out at: http://www.wifamilyties.org/

This is one of the great gifts that I am privileged to receive in my travels, the inspiration of meeting people who have been called to try to make a difference for others. It is heartening to say to least, that people like Family Ties exist. If I become jaundiced at times in my thoughts about we do, these experiences quickly remind me of not only the goodness of people, but also the good of what psychosocial services can accomplish.

On another note, I am doing a workshop in the Twin Cities on February 5th hosted by Rebecca Chesin, another person trying to make a difference in the community. If you are in the Twin Cities area, I would appreciate your support of Rebecca’s efforts. Rebecca recently compiled a list of individuals and agencies who are using client directed, outcome informed practices and is going to expand this idea into an online directory soon. Check out the workshop and the list at:

http://www.timeforclarity.com/cdoitest.html

Finally, another mover and shaker of these ideas is Eric Kueler of Mental Health Pros. Mental Health Pros offers therapists “21st Century tools to optimize psychotherapy for clients.” The 21st Century tools include MyOutcomes, online articles, assessments, multimedia workshops, videos, Lunch and Learn teleseminars, as well as online journaling for clients, practice newsletters, and more.

Check out Mental Health Pros out at: http://mentalhealthpros.com/mhp/ An e-brochure is available at http://mentalhealthpros.com/mhp/pdf/MHPbrochure.pdf

Eric recently interviewed me about the evolution of CDOI ideas and research.

Check it out: Interview with Eric (Download)

Please let me know what you thinking about the blogs. I appreciate your feedback.

Many exciting things are happening in Norway with CDOI. First I was there to help kick off the Bufetat (Child and Family Services Directorate) pilot implementation of 5 family counseling offices which will begin the nationwide rollout of CDOI (called KOR in Norway) in all 64 agencies across Norway. This massive implementation is in great hands with project leader Marianne Bie, and with the able help of Morten Anker, a Heart and Soul of Change Project (HSCP) Certified Trainer, and Geir Skauli a long time CDOIer. This all began back in 2006 when I did a tour of all the family counseling agencies to introduce CDOI (under the visionary leadership of Berger Hareide and Geir Skauli), but the decision to implement was likely cemented by the Norway Feedback Project. Speaking of the Norway Feedback Project, check out this conversation with principle investigator, Morten Anker.

Get the Norway Feedback Article here: http://heartandsoulofchange.com/resources/articles/

Another very cool thing is what RBUP (Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services) is doing with CDOI training. Under the leadership of Anne-Grethe Tuseth (the person who brought CDOI to Norway), and with the help of Tor Fjeldstad (another HSCP Certified Trainer), a new training program will soon be launched addressing both academic and clinical training. If you have been following this Blog you know that this is part of the mission of the HSCP, to encourage formal inclusion of CDOI in academic and training programs to promote learning of the ideas and practices early in professional careers. This, in a sense, “institutionalizes” the values of client/consumer privilege and true partnerships via outcome and alliance feedback.

Speaking of academia, I was also privileged to share CDOI ideas as well as their integration with therapist development as presented in my upcoming book On Becoming A Better Therapist to a very esteemed group of faculty/practitioners at the University of Oslo. This was arranged by the famous Norwegian Researcher Helge Rønnestad, who along with David Orlinksy, are the premier researchers investigating therapist development and what it means to be therapist. It was quite a thrill for me to present my integration of these ideas before one of the originators. BTW, Professor Rønnestad called the clinical use of the ORS and SRS “operationalized collaboration,” and noted the likely alliance effects of using the measures the way we do with clients.

And of course, that is why I believe that the Norway Feedback Project and Jeff Reese’s feedback article (to be published in December in Psychotherapy) achieved a positive effect with all clients instead of just those clients at risk, as Lambert’s studies mostly do. I believe the way we clinically use the measures in collaboration with clients makes the difference.

Finally, the Norway Feedback Study also made the Clinician Digest by Garry Cooper in the November edition of the Psychotherapy Networker. Check it out:

http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/currentissue/689-clinicians-digest?start=3