%0 Journal Article
%T Beyond Critique: The Partners for Change Outcome Management System as an Alternative Paradigm to Psychiatric Diagnosis
%A Barry L. Duncan
%A Jacqueline A. Sparks
%A Sami Timimi
%J Journal of Humanistic Psychology
%@ 1552-650X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0022167817719975
%X Critics claim that current psychiatric diagnostic systems lack reliability, validity, and clinical utility; are incompatible with known evidence of how change occurs in psychotherapy; are compromised by bias; and risk harmful effects for clients. This article argues that the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), a transparent, egalitarian process that collects and utilizes client feedback at each session, convincingly addresses these concerns. Furthermore, it suggests that PCOMS offers a viable alternative to the reimbursement and administrative functions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases. The authors propose that PCOMS represents a radical realignment of the practitioner/client relationship via full, dialogical partnership at every level of psychotherapy practice and thus constitutes a step toward a new paradigm that reconnects psychotherapy and humanistic psychology with its core relational values
%K PCOMS
%K DSM
%K ICD
%K Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
%K International Classification of Diseases
%K systematic client feedback
%K Partners for Change Outcome Management System
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022167817719975