Outcome Measures and Evaluation in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Chris Evans, Honorary Professor, Universities of UDLA, Ecuador, trained in medicine and psychiatry, specialising in psychotherapy with trainings in individual analytic therapy, group analysis and family/systemic therapy. He always combined research with clinical work and his driving interest has been "how is it that we think we know what it is that we think we know?" ... which he admits may have been a bit generic for a really focused research career! However, it drove wide exploration of research and assessment methods, led him to co-create the CORE system (www.coresystemtrust.org.uk) and to co-lead over 30 translations of CORE instruments. He co-authored the first paper naming, as a vital complement to "evidence-based practice", "practice based evidence": the theme of this book. He is now a full-time freelance researcher holding personal chairs in Sheffield, UK and at UDLA, Quito, Ecuador.Jo-anne Carlyle, PSYCTC.com, trained in clinical and forensic psychology, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and organisational consultancy. She has worked in health, education and third sector settings and has expertise in delivery of clinical services; leadership development and strategy; professional regulation and governance; research; project management and outcome monitoring. Her consulting work has been in the UK, Canada, Ecuador, India, Lithuania as well as internationally online. She has an interest in humanitarian and development work and is transitioning her activities to projects with more social impact. She currently sits as a non-executive director on education and charity boards.

• Part I: Outcome Measures and Evaluation1. An Introduction to Outcome Measures and EvaluationPart II: Outcome Measures2. A Framework for Outcome Measures3. How to Judge the Quality of an Outcome Measure4. An overview of outcome and change measures5. Analysing Change Data from Outcome MeasuresPart III: Evaluation – Applying Outcome Measures in Practice6. Designing a SMART evaluation. What’s your design and who is your audience?7. Outcome Measurement for individual practitioners8. Service level change and outcome measurement9. Working with clients and supervisors when using outcome measuresPart IV. Communication and Critique10. A “snapshot” review. Survival and Critique as a core practitioner skill

In their new book Outcome Measures and Evaluation in Counselling and Psychotherapy, authors Chris Evans and Jo-anne Carlyle have pulled off a rare feat. In making some important statistical concepts accessible, presenting ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments for measurement in a balanced way, and leading the reader through a range of implementation scenarios, they have written the guide I wish I’d read twenty five years ago. In fact, they’ve written the book I wish I’d written myself. If you have no other guide to outcome measurement and evaluation in psychological therapy on your bookshelf, make sure you have this one.