Barry L. Duncan

Dr. Duncan is psychologist, trainer, and researcher with over 17,000 hours of clinical experience. He is the developer of the clinical process of the evidence based practice, the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), and leader of the team responsible for PCOMS scientific credibility and evidence based status. Because of the research conducted by Duncan and colleagues, PCOMS was included in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). Better Outcomes Now, the web application of PCOMS, brings his clinical experience and investigative spirit to life. Barry has over 150 publications, including 18 books addressing client feedback, consumer rights, and the power of relationship in any change endeavor. Because of his self-help books (the latest is What’s Right With You), he has appeared on Oprah, The View, and several other national TV programs. Barry travels nationally and internationally lecturing and implementing PCOMS in small and large systems of behavioral health care. PCOMS is used in all fifty states and in at least 20 countries. The largest public behavioral health agencies in 6 states have implemented or are implementing PCOMS, as well as hundreds of other public and private mental health and substance abuse organizations. Separate from the agencies, there are over 40,000 individually registered users of PCOMS. Internationally, the Norway Health Directorate has implemented PCOMS across its couple and family centers and PCOMS is an integral component of Nasjonal competansetjeneste TSB (National Competence Center for Substance Abuse Treatment). In Canada, among many implementations, the largest is provincial implementation by the Saskatchewan Heath Authority. Finally, New Zealand has incorporated PCOMS into its national policy on outcome management, a consequence of his consultations there.