Aug 3, 2026 · 21 min · 12 segments
Most therapists want better results in their practice, but very few are consistently evaluating what is actually creating those results. In this episode of The Fully Booked Therapist Podcast, I break…
Heather HammellHost
And it's not because you're not smart or we're not smart or you're not self-aware or we're not self-aware, but because we have a negativity bias that makes us zoom past what we did right and catastrophize what we did wrong.

or we flip it and protect ourselves by blaming the other person so we never have to look at our own part or have responsibility.

Evaluation is the tool that cuts through both of those tendencies, and I'm going to teach you exactly how to use it.

So first of all, though, let's talk about why evaluation even matters to begin with.

And it's not because you're not smart or we're not smart or you're not self-aware or we're not self-aware, but because we have a negativity bias that makes us zoom past what we did right and catastrophize what we did wrong.

or we flip it and protect ourselves by blaming the other person so we never have to look at our own part or have responsibility.

Evaluation is the tool that cuts through both of those tendencies, and I'm going to teach you exactly how to use it.

So first of all, though, let's talk about why evaluation even matters to begin with.
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