Outcomes and Incomes: How to Evaluate, Improve, and Market Your Psychotherapy Practice by Measuring Outcomes [Paperback]

Paul W. Clemen (Author), Paul W. Clement (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 18, 1999 | Series: The Clinician's Toolbox

This indispensable guide presents the tools therapists need to incorporate outcomes measurement effectively and reaningfully into everyday clinical work. Outlining a highly flexible system based on the author's extensive experience in the real world of clinical practice, the book and disk feature more than 25 ready-to-use, reproducible checklists and forms.
Clear, step-by-step guidelines show clinicians how to use outcomes, evaluation to improve and market their services and nourish the growth of their practice.

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"This is a wonderful resource! Clement has written an especially useful book, providing up-to-date information and material that will benefit all mental health providers. The book covers a wide range of problems and issues. It is essential reading in today's practice environment." --Donald K. Freedheim, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, coauthor of The Clinical Child Documentation Sourcebook

"Accountability, predetermined clinical pathways, cost-effectiveness--this is the future of healthcare in our nation. With over 30 years of private practice experience, Clement patiently leads mental health practitioners of all disciplines through the 'hows' of moving into the 21st century. Appreciating that many have long forgotten the specifics of graduate-school evaluation and measurement courses, this text provides a much-needed and timely comfort zone, utilizing tangible clinical case illustrations. The book will also help clinicians proactively integrate new advances in communication technology into their day-to-day practice." --Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, President, American Psychological Association

"Essential reading for professionals in clinical practice, for researchers, and for individuals in training in any of the mental health professions..... Systematic assessment and evaluation are not only compatible with the goals of clinical care but actively enhance them. The book sets a standard for high-quality clinical practice." --From the Foreword by Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, Yale University

About the Author

Paul W. Clement, PhD, has maintained a private practice of psychotherapy for 33 years. He is a diplomate in clinical psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He is the author or coauthor of more than 90 books, chapters, articles, educational movie scripts, and audiotapes. He is one of four therapists whose group is known as Psychology Resource Consultants in Pasadena, California.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press (August 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572304863
• ISBN-13: 978-1572304864
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,669,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A How-To Book on Private Psychotherapy Practice Outcome Measurement, June 4, 2008

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This review is from: Outcomes and Incomes: How to Evaluate, Improve, and Market Your Psychotherapy Practice by Measuring Outcomes (Paperback)

What it is: It has been shown that just measuring the outcome of psychotherapy and giving the therapist feedback on it improves the therapy. In "Outcomes & Incomes" Clement gives a concise and doable system how to do this in private practice (obviously taken from what he has done it in his own practice).

Clement gives a short introduction into the theory of outcome measurement, suggestions how to implement that in private practice, a scheme how to save these data in a computer database, and examples of how you can use these data to learn about yourself as a therapist and to market yourself better. Part Two of the book contains a catalog of outcome measures to choose from (with a short discussion of each), including many forms that can be copied and used by the purchaser of the book. A CD that comes with the book contains the forms introduced in the book formatted in MS Word 97 (*.doc) and RTF (*.rtf) format for those who want to print them out on a computer.

The Good: Clement presents a well readable system of outcome measurement in private practice. The system seems to be simple enough to be actually implemented in a private practice (disclaimer: I have not done it). Just reading the book is inspiring.

The Bad: Clement describes a way how to measure "effect size" in his system. Although I am not an expert, I think he gives a wrong way of computing this measure. The way he Clement computes it, he seems to exaggerate positive as well as negative outcomes. If you want to implement Clement's system yourself, you may want to keep this in mind.

Summary: If you want to implement an outcome measurement system for your private practice, this book will give you a very good start.