Episode 3 in our Speedbumps series, focuses on common challenges in therapeutic practice. Our guest, Dr Mark Donovan, has been training therapists for many years. Join Peregrine Director, Dr Rebecca Sng, as she presents Mark with the common challenges generated by real mental health practitioners and discusses with him some of the possible solutions. A very practical episode, full of clearly presented, realistic ideas to help you smooth, clarify and speed up your mental health practice.Â
Resources
To find out more about Mark’s work, you can visit his website.
Mark talks about getting feedback from the people we work with. He does this by verbally asking, but if you would like a more formalised process you can check out Scott D Miller’s Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale
Mark discusses revisiting the formulation with your client. While formulation is usually the focus of the first couple of sessions, it can be helpful to review the formulation to see if there is any new information, or our understanding has changed. This is a good guide on formulation.
Single session thinking can be a good way to reimagine the session. We have a podcast on this.
Sometimes in the midst of therapy, structure can get lost, and it can end up being a ‘nice chat’. This YouTube video discusses the use of interrupting for the purpose of directing and how to approach this with clients.
