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How Do I Know Whether My Efforts Are Helpful for the Client? Implementing Feedback in Norway

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As an introduction that sets the agenda for this book, this chapter gives background information about some characteristics of the couple and family therapy field. The influence from professional, ethical, political, and legal powers on the growth and development of this field has in particular addressed the objective of user involvement. Feedback has been recommended to the psychotherapy field as a means to strengthen user involvement, in addition to serve as a clinical tool and for collecting research data. Feedback implies that clients complete questionnaires frequently throughout the course of treatment. This information is fed back to the therapist that in particular can use it in assessment of the therapy’s process and progress, so that treatment can be adjusted in real time if there is lack of improvement. Feedback information should also be shared with the client, inviting to a joint interpretation and evaluation. Several feedback systems have been introduced, and we know of three systems that have been tried out and implemented in Norwegian couple and family therapy contexts. This chapter discusses some of the pros and cons of feedback establishing links to the following chapters that in greater detail will immerse on separate topics more thoroughly.

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Tilden, T. (2017). How Do I Know Whether My Efforts Are Helpful for the Client? Implementing Feedback in Norway. In: Tilden, T., Wampold, B. (eds) Routine Outcome Monitoring in Couple and Family Therapy. European Family Therapy Association Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50675-3_1

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