What's the problem with ABA? Isn't it just the same, it can be done badly or well?

I started training from a similar position and so have been very surprised that the journey has taken me towards what I would describe as radical, contextual behaviourism based on relational frame theory (as described by the Barnes-Holmes group in Ghent and their collaborators).

Kirsty Entwistle's letter is well worth a read.

https://medium.com/@kirstyentwistle/an- ... c541276b8d

I think the staff room metaphor is very apt. I don't recall being allowed into the school staff room as a pupil, nor are patients or visitors allowed into my workplace's staff room. If we had our workplace breaks in a public area the conversations would be very different in character, with considera...

I think you understand very well and disagree.

I don't see any benefit in it being public. Maybe you can explain the benefit to me. I don't post in here or even read it very often because it's offtopic and my interest is in the on topic, professional discussions, so it's not relevant for me. Obviously it's Miriam's party since she pays the bills...

While people might still be well advised to be circumspect, what purpose or benefit is there in letting non-members view our off topic musings?

Is Miscellaneous off-topic viewable by non-members?

What use is faithful adherence to a model if the outcome is not good?

I'd suggest that CPs are less adherent to model than other therapists because of the breadth of training.

On the contrary, it is easy to believe but much, much harder to demonstrate that either quality (or level, or type) of training or the quality (or amount or type) of supervision lead to measurably better outcomes for clients.

You might be interested in this vocabulary IQ test at open psychometrics. https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/VIQT/ Some of those are quite hard! I got 42/45, which they say maps at about 130 on a standard scale. I don't know how accurate that estimate is. I am not sure either, I had 44/45 but then...

You might be interested in this vocabulary IQ test at open psychometrics. https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/VIQT/ Vocabulary IQ Test This is an interactive vocabulary test that gives results in the form of an IQ score. Introduction: "Intelligence Quotient" is a way of reporting cognitive ability t...

AP.

If the Clinical associate role becomes a reality it might be a better equivalent to the non doctoral European qualifications.

My impression when I have visited some IAPT services or when CPs who work in them spoke to our training cohort about their roles, is that they can have high expectations of their CPs. I did not think it would be a good fit for me to have a lot of potentially experienced CBT therapists looking 'up' a...