{"id":7076,"date":"2023-01-16T21:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/?p=7076"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:47:24","slug":"webinar-how-to-measure-and-improve-therapeutic-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/webinar-how-to-measure-and-improve-therapeutic-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Recording: How To Measure and Improve Therapeutic Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztpyvrY0Ve4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ABOUT THE EVENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research shows that therapeutic alliance is one of the most important predictors of positive symptom change for people in care. It is also one of the most commonly used assessments amongst Measurement-Based Care service providers.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the recording from this exciting online panel featuring <strong>Dr. Brent Mallinckrodt<\/strong>, co-author of the &#8216;Brief Revised Working Alliance Inventory&#8217; (BR-WAI). In this session, Dr. Mallinckrodt shared the importance of a strong client-clinician relationship, the three vital components of a working alliance, and how to best use the BR-WAI in practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Miller<\/strong>, a Master&#8217;s Level Psychotherapist and National Clinical Counselor from Pinebrook Family Answers in Pennsylvania, shared examples of using the BR-WAI in practice, the results she&#8217;s seen throughout treatment, and the impact the measure has made on client outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Learnings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The importance of a strong client-clinician relationship.<\/li>\n<li>Review of the three vital components of the working alliance: bond, goals and tasks, and how to interpret the subscales and total score.<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on how to use the BR-WAI in practice and tips on how to improve client BR-WAI scores.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div data-type=\"message\" data-key=\"field_638f76de593b9\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE SPEAKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7132 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/fc905c06-6e5b-4dd1-a932-a06661eb2106.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/fc905c06-6e5b-4dd1-a932-a06661eb2106.png 200w, https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/fc905c06-6e5b-4dd1-a932-a06661eb2106-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"speaker-name\">Dr. Brent Mallinckrodt<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"speaker-title\">Professor of Psychology<\/span>\u00a0@<span class=\"speaker-org\">Western Washington University<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"speaker-comment\">Brent has been training doctoral psychotherapists and masters counselors for the past 30 years. He is a licensed psychologist and maintained a part-time private practice until his appointment to higher education administration posts, beginning in 2013. He is former editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and has published over 100 articles \u2013 primarily focused on attachment aspects of the psychotherapy relationship as a corrective emotional experience for adult clients. He has developed several empirically validated measures of the counseling relationship \u2013 all in the public domain, including the Client Attachment to Therapist Scale, the Therapeutic Distance Scale, and the Brief Revised Working Alliance Inventory, which is the focus of his contribution to this panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7134 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/01d1dac1-1884-47db-a77d-fcf191473e69.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/01d1dac1-1884-47db-a77d-fcf191473e69.png 200w, https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/01d1dac1-1884-47db-a77d-fcf191473e69-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Emily Miller<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Psychotherapist\u00a0@Pinebrook Family Answers<br \/>\nEmily Miller is a Master\u2019s Level Clinical Psychotherapist at Pinebrook Family Answers in Allentown, PA.\u00a0 She has a research background in Developmental Psychology and has presented at local and national conferences. Emily provides a strengths-based, integrative approach for her clients, working primarily through a trauma-informed, multiculturally competent lens. Emily utilizes MBC in the clinical setting as a supplement to her evidence-based interventions to provide clients with perspective on their diagnoses and progress and to foster collaborative conversations about treatment.\u00a0 Pinebrook Family Answers is a nonprofit, urban, community mental health center serving families in multiple counties in Eastern Pennsylvania.\u00a0 The organization has outpatient psychiatric clinics in Allentown, Easton, and Wind Gap and also provides integrated behavioral health services in surrounding school districts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7135 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/c8c69a9d-3a2f-4979-8905-81ebec5e9a66.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/c8c69a9d-3a2f-4979-8905-81ebec5e9a66.png 200w, https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/c8c69a9d-3a2f-4979-8905-81ebec5e9a66-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"speaker-name\">Simon Weisz<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"speaker-title\">President<\/span>\u00a0@<span class=\"speaker-org\">Greenspace Health<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"speaker-comment\">Simon is motivated by work on important challenges that create social impact. He completed his education and began his career in business and law, which included work at Stikeman Elliott LLP. Simon then helped to launch Building Up, a non-profit social enterprise that supports people living with barriers to employment. This experience led to a shift in priorities and professional interest, which includes the founding of Greenspace Health, acting as Board Chair for Raising the Roof and Building Up, and volunteer work in support of refugee families.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ABOUT THE EVENT Research shows that therapeutic alliance is one of the most important predictors of positive symptom change for people in care. It is also one of the most commonly used assessments amongst Measurement-Based Care service providers. 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