Many therapists don’t value research too much, and rightfully so. It doesn’t seem to inform the work very much, especially with the client in distress in our office right now. The following story captures the sentiment of many clinicians.

Hopefully this page will not be worthless to your predicament! It contains the research about practice based evidence, the kind of research you gather with your clients to improve outcomes.

This page contains the full references and the articles of the research conducted about the ORS, SRS, CORS, and the benefits of feedback. Several research projects are currently submitted for publication and others are underway. The Heart and Soul of Change Project is committed to spreading the benefits of client directed, outcome informed ideas and practices via research.

THE ORS
Miller, S., Duncan, B., Brown, J., Sparks, J., & Claud, D. (2003). The Outcome Rating Scale: A preliminary study of reliability, validity, and feasibility of a brief visual analogue measure. Journal of Brief Therapy, 2, 91-100.
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Bringhurst, D.L., Watson, C.W., Miller, S.D., & Duncan, B.L. (2006). The reliability and validity of the Outcome Rating Scale: A replication study of a brief clinical measure. Journal of Brief Therapy, 5(1), 23-30.
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Campbell, A., & Hemsley, S. (2009). Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale in psychological practice: Clinical utility of ultra-brief measures. Clinical Psychologist, 13(1), 1–9.
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Smith, D., Crocker, L., Staton, C., Gillaspy, A., & Charlton, S. (2010). Psychometric properties of the Outcome Rating Scale in a non-clinical sample.  Poster presentation at the Heart and Soul of Change Conference, New Orleans.

Munro, L., & Rodwell, J. (2009). Validation of an Australian sign language instrument of outcome measurement for adults in mental health settings. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43, 332–339.
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THE SRS
Duncan, B., Miller, S., Sparks, J, Claud, D., Reynolds. L., Brown, J., & Johnson, L. (2003). The Session Rating Scale: Preliminary psychometric properties of a “working” alliance measure. Journal of Brief Therapy, 3, 3-12.
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THE CORS
Duncan, B., Sparks, J., Miller, S., Bohanske, R., & Claud, D. (2006). Giving youth a voice: A preliminary study of the reliability and validity of a brief outcome measure for children, adolescents, and caretakers. Journal of Brief Therapy, 5(2), 66-82.
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FEEDBACK

Miller, S.D., Duncan, B.L., Brown, J., Sorrell, R., & Chalk, M.B. (2006). Using formal client feedback to improve retention and outcomes. Journal of Brief Therapy, 5(1), 5-22
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Anker, M., Duncan, B., & Sparks, J. (2009). Using Client Feedback to Improve Couple Therapy Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial in a Naturalistic Setting. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 693-704. 

The second RCT demonstrating the power of feedback with the ORS and SRS: Reese, R., Norsworthy, L., & Rowlands, S. (2009). Does a continuous feedback model improve psychotherapy outcomes? Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 46, 418-431. 

SUPERVISION
Reese, R., Usher, E., Bowman, D., Norsworthy, L., Halstead, J., Rowlands, S., et al. (2009). Using client feedback in psychotherapy training: An analysis of its influence on supervision and counselor self-efficacy. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 3, 157–168.

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