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Keeping on the same page with Daryl Chow
I’ve done something a little different this time. Instead of making a post for each coaching session I had with Daryl, I opted to wait until we had a few catch ups before writing about how coaching was going. These days I spend longer focusing on the one growth edge, even months at a time.…
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DP TIP #6: Identify a desired behaviour to replace your chosen automatic behaviour
Congratulations if you have by now identified an automatic behaviour you want to tackle. We’re not done yet though, there’s only half the equation in place. We will still need to identify a desired behaviour to replace the automatic behaviour. The concept of a desired behaviour is fairly simple. It’s a behaviour that you would…
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DP TIP #5: Address your most impactful automatic behaviour
Now we’re onto the next phase of addressing automatic behaviours. In this entry, I’ll present you with some ideas on what to do if you have your list of automatic behaviours as a therapist, but feel stuck on where to go next. The next step is fairly simple, once we have a list of automatic…
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DP TIP #4: Identify your automatic behaviours
Before I start, here is what I have written so far of my top 10 tips for Deliberate Practice in therapy: I didn’t just want to jump in to this one. I believe this is one of those tips that needs some prior context first. If you didn’t catch my previous post, I highly recommend…
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Automatic thinking is stopping you from being a better therapist.
A couple months ago I decided to clear up why I see deliberate practice as being so important in helping us improve as therapists. The main reason is because deliberate practice addresses cognitive biases in ways a that other forms of development do not. There are two forms of cognitive bias that can have a…
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Therapy is not a game of truth.
The medical model assumes that we as therapists are the experts. Meaning that we know best in understanding and explaining what is happening to a client. Therefore only we can name those challenges by giving a correct diagnosis – a client needs us if they want to find the ‘right’ way of getting better. We…
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Is keeping it simple the key to becoming a more effective therapist?
As human beings, we never seem satisfied with simplicity. It’s one of those stories that’s as old as time. We start off with a simple idea, simple ingredients or a simple procedure, but eventually for any number of reasons we decide that the simple place we started on, isn’t enough. We need to add more.…
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What does it really mean to be ‘client led’?
I wasn’t planning on posting today. I had been taking a break after a hectic few weeks and I figured I would post again once my battery had sufficiently recharged. Turns out that time must be now. Inspiration can strike at an unexpected time. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about being client led. I…
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DP TIP #3: Use Routine Outcome Measurement
When a client comes to see me, they say all they want is to get rid of their symptoms; their overwhelming stress, debilitating anxiety or pit of depression. They have tried everything to shake off what has become the ultimate tormentor in their life. Given all their power to problem solve and will these unwanted…
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If you want to be a Supershrink it’s going to hurt. A lot.
Welcome once again readers. We have a very special guest post in store this time around. My friends from the USA, Jordan Harris, will be sharing his wisdom on what it takes to become a super-shrink. If you haven’t heard me mention Jordan before in my previous posts, then I highly recommend checking out his…
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DP TIP #2: Tailor your goal-setting approach to suit each individual client
Goal alignment is the health bar of therapy. Winnie-the-Pooh *shifty eyes* Before I start, here is what I have written so far of my top 10 tips for Deliberate Practice in therapy: I’m going to start with a potentially controversial belief. I’ve come to believe that goal alignment is more important than therapeutic connection with…
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DP Tip #1 – Get Feedback From Your Clients
Hello everyone. I’m back again and ready to get my posts started for 2023. To begin the year, my posts will focus on my top 10 tips for engaging in Deliberate Practice (DP) as a therapist. The tips won’t be a prescription of DP; you will still need to do the work to individualise DP…
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Exploration Before Explanation
Well, here we are everyone. Another year done. And for me another year of Deliberate Practice in the books. I started to write a post about 3 weeks ago on how I have delved into an idea called ‘client chosen ideographic outcome measures’, but I’ve put that on pause. I want to wind down for…
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Improving Therapy Outcomes: A Case for Deliberate Practice
In my previous post, I wrote about my history with imposter syndrome as a therapist—convinced that I wasn’t really a good therapist until I was confident. To resolve this self-doubt, I turned to expanding my knowledge in different ways of doing therapy. I did things almost all therapists do to learn more. I met with…
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The Answers Are in Our Weak Spots
Throughout my entire career as a therapist, I have battled with imposter syndrome. The idea that I am not good at what I do, that I am simply “acting” as a therapist. A fear that eventually I would get called out for my inadequacy and told that this therapist gig isn’t for me. Because of…
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