Therapy for trauma, anxiety, mood disorders in Washington, DC and across Virginia and North Carolina
Effective therapy for long-term change
Assessing the amount of symptom reduction after treatment
I keep track of my client’s progress in therapy by administering the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) to assess the severity of my client’s symptoms and problems on a number of areas, such as Depression, Anxiety, Interpersonal Problems, etc.
I administer the BSI at the beginning of treatment and at treatment completion. This allows us to see what changes have taken place and specific areas that progress has been made in therapy.
Below is a chart of the current BSI results from clients in my practice over the last 3 years. The blue bars on the chart are the severity of their symptoms before they began treatment, and the red bars are the the severity on those same areas at the end of treatment.
Higher scores (blue bars) represent greater severity of problems and symptoms, and the difference between the red and blue bars represents the amount of change in therapy.
The effect size (partial eta squared) for change in the Global Severity Index score is .69. Effect size is a measure of the magnitude of change, and a .69 would be considered a large effect size.
Client reduction in symptoms
Overall Percent Reduction in Symptoms:
50% reduction in Somatization symptoms
47% reduction in Obsessive Compulsive symptoms
57% reduction Interpersonal Sensitivity issues
65% reduction in Depression
58% reduction in Anxiety
46% reduction in Hostility
46% reduction in Paranoid Ideation
68% reduction in Psychoticism
55% reduction in Global severity of symptoms index
Disclaimer:
The above does not imply that I guarantee positive results in psychotherapy. Please be aware that treatment length and outcome vary from individual to individual.