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I Finally Have A Visual For My Deliberate Practice Ecosystem
I believe strongly that in order to demonstrate what Deliberate Practice looks like and how it helps, it’s only fair for me to share my Deliberate Practice process. I know that you won’t be as willing to try Deliberate Practice for yourself if you don’t know what it looks like. Sure, I have been sharing…
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In order to listen better, we have to get it wrong
If you didn’t catch my last post… which was yesterday, I’ve had a recent tectonic shift of a realisation – my three years of Deliberate Practice have boiled down to one thing… just listen better. I kept cracking the atom of how I could become a more effective therapist. First getting feedback from clients, then…
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Are any of us master listeners?
Spoiler alert: I dont believe many therapists are master listeners (if any). It might sound harsh, but DP has taught me that there is no such thing as natural talent or mastery. All masters had to earn it, through very hard work and strong support systems, none of them were born with it. Mastery is…
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Go where a client wants to go, to open them up to where they need to go
All through this year I have tried to be guided by a central principle – aligning myself with what my client wants. Being on the same page for who they want to become as a person (outcome goals), how they want to get there (process goals) while re-acting effectively to their feedback. I have spent…
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DP TIP #8: Always lean on your support system and your values
This tip could easily be number one, at least in terms of importance, because I guarantee Deliberate Practice will not work if you try to do it on your own. Sure, you might be able to do it without a coach (though I think you’ll much be better off if you have one), but you’ll…
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DP TIP #7: Understand how your fight vs flight brain impacts your work
There’s something that I was told repeatedly in my training to become a Psychologist. It was a line I heard time and time again. I know I’m not the only one that heard it… “When you’re with a client, don’t bring your stuff into the room.” Meaning don’t bring in things like your biases, negative…
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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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