Category Archives: Skills

I wanted to send an email on something I’ve been thinking about sporadically for the past year. That is, “therapeutic questioning”. I haven’t come across this in any textbooks, but I find that gentle exploratory questions that get a patient to reflect and share their feelings can be helpful. It helps a patient feel seen andContinue reading “Therapeutic Questioning”

I want to highlight a skill that can significantly elevate your clinical reasoning and deepen your understanding of patients: formulation. We all want to understand patients better. How do we deeply get to know patients? Formulation is a great way, and we can document this understanding clearly in our assessments. While we may not always pauseContinue reading “Case Formulation”