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Video: Dr. John Norcross on the significance of the therapist/client relationship

Dr. John Norcross and the significance of the therapist/client relationship JN: When you follow up patients, when you ask them what seemed to make a difference, in cognitive therapy, in interpersonal therapy and even the medication condition, clients overwhelmingly voted that it was the relationship that made the difference. So even in this wonderfully controlled, huge multi-million dollar study, at the end of the day, people said, “It’s the rela…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on the methodology of Psychotherapy – Relationships that Work.

Dr. John Norcross discusses the methodology portion of Psychotherapy – Relationships that Work. JN: So, in that second part of Psychotherapy – Relationships that Work, we look at decades, now, of compelling research on how to tailor or personalize therapy to the individual client. And guess what? We find the old motto, “different strokes for different folks” – it actually works. But we can go further than saying, “It’s a motto. It’s a virtue.” We…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on Psychotherapy – Relationships that Work

Dr. John Norcross discusses his publication, Psychotherapy – Relationships that Work LF: So, we’re going to switch over and talk about psychotherapy and treatment and you recently published your second edition of Psychotherapy – Relationships that Work. The results of an APA interdivisional task force that compiled over 20 + meta-analyses, what works in psychotherapy relationships and treatment adaptations. I’d love to hear about that. JN: Well,…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on Public Health’s approach to psychotherapy

Dr. John Norcross talks about Public Health approach to psychotherapy. LF: How would you take a Public Health approach to psychotherapy? I’m curious about how you see that being implemented. JN: Well, in two or three ways. One is to be proactive, rather than waiting for people to call us, we go out and get them. Now, that’s very different, and most psychotherapists say, “What? What about professional etiquette, boundaries and confidentiality?” We…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on lasting self-change

Dr. John Norcross talks about external support being an integral part of lasting self-change     JN: It seems like most of us can get through change for a couple weeks, even in the most negative, invalidating environments. But over time, the corrosive effects of not having support, empathy, coaching, encouragement begins to wear on us. And that’s where, about a month in to change behavior, that having that support team makes a huge difference. So…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on couple’s therapy

Dr. John Norcross describes his approach to couple’s therapy JN: So stereotypically, a woman will come in and say, “I’m not feeling close. The communication isn’t there. The sense of intimacy and agreement on how we deal with the kids isn’t there.” The husband says, “I think we’re doing fine in that area.” and then pick another area, be it finances, discipline, sex, that he believes. So they literally miss each other in terms of stages of change…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross explains the 5 basic steps of change

Dr. John Norcross explains the 5 basic steps of change in his book Changeology JN: So it begins in the Psych Step. That is, people are getting motivated, energized, heading in a new direction. As the term designates, it is truly getting revved up. From Psych, we go to the second step of Prep, short for Preparation, where we prepare, we come up with an action plan, even establish a start date. And then we jump into Perspire, or the action stage, w…

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Video: Dr. John Norcross on writing Changeology

Dr. John Norcross describes what motivated him to write Changeology LF: In your new self- help book, Changeology, which I really liked, you describe five steps to realizing your goals and resolutions. What motivated you to make your research findings available to the general public in a reader friendly way? JN: Well, Lisa, as we know, people are desperate for behavior change and yet most self-help resources out there are pitiful. Over 95% have no…

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The Scientific Approach to Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

…ly clear to us yet, and we may even be resistant to changing our behavior. Norcross suggests that people in precontemplation probably shouldn’t try to take action quite yet. If we’re in contemplation, we may be starting to consciously consider changes we wish to make, but we’re probably feeling pretty ambivalent. We may lack confidence or certainty. This is a good time to weigh the pros and cons of making a change, says Norcross. We might start to…

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Feeling Like a Failure

…new skill, having a change team makes a huge difference to success,” said Norcross. Finding a team of people in our lives who support our goals and see us through compassionate eyes can help us stay on our own side and stand up to our inner critic. Even when we experience a setback, we can rely on these people to keep us from spiraling back into feeling like a failure. If we don’t feel this support from our close family or friends, we can seek it…

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