Category: My Deliberate Practice Journey
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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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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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Finding the Scientist within the Psychologist
Sometimes we can forget that we are not just Psychologists – we are also scientists. I have seen psychologists hold off from trying their own new ideas in therapy, because their idea is not part of the established tried and true – which is a hallmark of that natural human desire to stay in safety.…
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Don’t be afraid to give client’s the steering wheel
In this post I’m going to talk about some reflections I’ve had on giving client’s more control of their therapy. I’ll also share 3 scenarios on how I have changed my therapy approach to better align with my client’s needs and wants. Lately I’ve been compelled by a realisation that giving clients control of their…
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Put me in the game, Coach!
This post is going to be all about my reflections and ideas about how to get a DP system going without a coach. Yes I decided to switch it up, I’ll still write about the history of DP in therapy eventually, but it wasn’t tickling my passion bone for now. Before I start however, I…
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Taking control of the spotlight
I’m at the begin of a new transition. I’ve decided that my Deliberate Practice coaching session with Nathan Castle today will be my last, at least for the time being. I concluded that I want to spend more time to master unhooking from my ‘fix it mode’, as was the focus in my previous post.…
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Turning the corner
I have taken some time to reflect on my journey in tackling hesitation when it appears in my therapy room. I first thought back to how it all started – the lightbulb moment where I realised I respond to client’s feeling stuck by going into this over-reassuring fix it mode. I then reflected on my…
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Getting hooked
Pooh: What is love?Piglet: You don’t spell it. You feel it. Winnie-the-pooh Hello everyone – how are you? I am well. I’m here for another instalment of where I’m at in my deliberate practice (DP) journey. I’ve had a fairly encouraging sense of progress in my efforts to create more emotional engagement with clients. If…
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Tennis balls aren’t just for Labradors
We did it! My wife and I finally managed to get married on the 25th of March. Third time lucky! It was an amazing day and finally I get to be marred to the woman I love. I’m sure some of you are thinking of getting us a wedding gift, my wife and I like…
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Willingness
You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. Winnie-the-pooh I want to start by sharing with you an “aha!” moment I had about a week ago. I’ve been doing Scott Miller and Daryl Chow’s online workshop in Deliberate Practice (DP). I…
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Accepting doubt inside the therapy room
“He was telling an interesting anecdote full of exciting words like ‘encyclopedia’ and ‘rhododendron.’” Winnie-the-pooh It’s been a really busy time with my partner and I tackling the final stages of our wedding preparations – with our wedding in late march. Most of my spare time has focused on the wedding and life in general…
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Passing the ball back
“Let’s Play Ball!” Tigger What I’ve managed to do since my last post Before starting this post I ran through my previous blog entries. It looks like the last four posts have focused on over-explaining (OE) and intellectualisation (Intel) in my therapy. I’ll then call this Part 5 of the series looking at OE and…
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Aha!
“Aha!” said Pooh, practising. “Aha! Aha!…Of course,” he went on, “we could say ‘Aha!’ even if we hadn’t stolen Baby Roo.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks A client had an ‘aha!’ moment this week! In fact, three clients had an ‘aha!’ moment in our sessions. I am over the moon…
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Walking the learning zone tightrope
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks My partner and I had a great time away over the Christmas break – I didn’t think about work much at all and…
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Flight into reason
“Life is a journey to be experienced not a problem to be solved.” WINNIE-THE-POOH What I’ve realised over the last couple of weeks I don’t know about you, but Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was the bedrock and focus of what I was taught at university in my training to become a Psychologist. I was taught that…
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