The Heart and Soul of Change Project (HSCP) is a practice-driven, training and research initiative that focuses on what works in therapy, and more importantly, how to deliver it on the front lines via client based outcome feedback. Embracing the values of social justice and an expectation that recovery is possible for everyone, HSCP is about making you better at what you do for the very reason you became a helper to begin with—to make a meaningful difference in as many lives as possible. The strength of what the client brings to the change process and the impact of the alliance inspired Barry Duncan, the director of HSCP to name the popular book about the common factors as well as this Project—the client is the
Heart and the alliance is the
Soul of therapeutic transformation. Systematic feedback allows both to be empowered for maximum client benefit. The Project features an international community (see the Project Leaders at
http://heartandsoulofchange.com/community/leaders/) of helpers of all stripes and flavors as well as researchers and professors, all dedicated to privileging clients and making us better at what we do. The HSCP will also focus on therapist development, not only making us all better at what we do but also encouraging helpers to attend to their professional growth so that they remain a vibrant influence in client lives. The Project provides the portal for entry into the Heroicagency List, where over 800 professionals from all corners of the globe participate in advancing the cause of forming true partnerships with clients, inviting them into the inner circle of decisions about their care. Join now at
http://heartandsoulofchange.com/community/listserv/
The Compass
The compass symbolizes what client feedback brings to psychotherapy: The client and therapist are co-adventurers in a journey across uncharted territory. The common factors provide useful directions for this interpersonal and idiosyncratic trip, and specific models and techniques provide well-traveled routes to consider, but feedback offers a necessary compass to provide bearings of the psychotherapy terrain and guidance to the desired destination.
Our Mission
Our mission is to disseminate client directed, outcome informed (CDOI) ideas and practices to those on the front-lines, and to promote research and education to transform mental health services to include consumers as full partners. Find more information about CDOI at http://heartandsoulofchange.com/training/cdoi-members/what-is-cdoi/