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Scott D. Miller's mental models

2 claims Scott D. Miller made fit 2 mental models. Most often: The therapeutic alliance, What counts as evidence. Everything they said here.

Models we see in what they say

Our reading: their claim applies the idea without naming it. The claim is theirs; filing it here is ours.

The therapeutic alliance

Therapy needs two people who can work together. Whether the alliance causes good outcomes or merely reveals a patient who could form one is an open question.

Used by 3 others

What does make a therapist more effective is trainable interpersonal skill, not treatment technology.

  1. Scott D. Miller Founder of the International Center for Clinical… It turns out that therapists who perform well on the FIS establish stronger relationships and are more effective (2). More to the point, the evidence shows FIS-related skills are trainable and that such training leads to better results (3, 4, 5). How to (and not to) become a more effective therapistwritings.scottdmiller.com · 2 Jul 2024
    Their wordsIt turns out that therapists who perform well on the FIS establish stronger relationships and are more effective (2). More to the point, the evidence shows FIS-related skills are trainable and that such training leads to better results (3, 4, 5).

    ↗How to (and not to) become a more effective therapistwritings.scottdmiller.com

    2 Jul 2024

What counts as evidence

A label like evidence-based can describe what was studied rather than what works. Who was compared with what, and how long the treatment ran, decide what a trial can show.

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A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.

  1. Scott D. Miller Founder of the International Center for Clinical… If one really wanted to know whether a treatment (e.g., CBT, IPT, ACT, EMDR) was more effective, it had to be directly compared to an approach intended to help - what Wampold and colleagues termed, a "bona fide" treatment. Doing otherwise, they argued, conflated artifacts of research design with actual research results. Results from the first bona fide study of deliberate practicewritings.scottdmiller.com · 11 Sept 2024
    Their wordsIf one really wanted to know whether a treatment (e.g., CBT, IPT, ACT, EMDR) was more effective, it had to be directly compared to an approach intended to help - what Wampold and colleagues termed, a "bona fide" treatment. Doing otherwise, they argued, conflated artifacts of research design with actual research results.

    ↗Results from the first bona fide study of deliberate practicewritings.scottdmiller.com

    11 Sept 2024