You come to therapy because you have a problem. You tried to do something about the problem. That something didn’t work. Now what do you do? The answer is obvious: something different of course! The Therapy Do Loop is a formalization of this common sense process using applied systems theory. Don’t worry if you don’t know what that is, it’s not as complicated as it looks at first glance.

What I call the Therapy “Do Loop” is an idea blatantly stolen inspired by Multisystemic Therapy (MST for short). A highly effective, scientifically proven evidence based practice originally used for working with Criminal Juevenile Offenders. However, the MST Analytic Process is so logical, coherent and wide-reaching that it really should be incorporated as a part of every therapy. It doesn’t matter what method your therapist is using. The “Do Loop” is a tool to help think about the therapy that you are receiving.