Here’s the video version: https://youtu.be/wcU7ch-MFW0

This is a Q&A video and podcast series based on a question from a therapist in Glasgow, Scotland.

I hope this email finds you well.

I'm not sure whether this will get to you, but wanted to reach out as I have been feeling in a bit of a crisis with my practice as psychotherapist. And have been reading your book 'First Kiss'

To put it bluntly - there is too much choice! I am constantly distracted and preoccupied by the great myriad of trainings, books,  models, etc. And find myself paralysed at times on what to actually do with people. I want to help and be the best I can.

I have been excited and intrigued by your writings, and the writing of Dr. Scott Miller as well, and I appreciate that there are factors more important than the therapeutic school/model, but it still leaves me anxious about what do I actually subscribe to in a session, as I can't just do anything/everything, I still need to present a coherent narrative to my clients, and link that to the work we do together. Even integrative or transdiagnostic models (like PBT or Multimodal Therapy) feel overwhelming.

And when I look at Deliberate Practice, it seems great, but doesn't answer my overall questions.

I wonder, should i just pick a good, well-fitting for me, model, and then work at practicing the best version of that i can? Or whether I am missing something entirely?

So I wanted to write in case there was anything you could point me in the direction of reading or doing that could help.

Warmest regards

Peter

Timestamp:

00:00 Intro00:07 Email from a therapist in Scotland03:14 Step 1: What is your belief about how healing takes place?04:31 Step 2: Identify 2-3 approaches that resonnates with you. 06:34 Step 3: Your History of Change07:34 Step 4: Your Clinical History with Clients08:51 Step 5: Develop Your Own Blueprint of How You Conduct Therapy Sessions10:43 Step 6: Capture Weekly Therapy Learnings (WTL)12:29 Step 7: Retrieval Practice13:50 Our Misunderstandings of What "Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)" is.15:24 Invitation to Pose Your Questions

For previous podcast episodes, click here.

Submission of Questions

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Daryl Chow Ph.D. is the author of The First Kiss, co-author of Better Results, and The Write to Recovery, Creating Impact, and the new book The Field Guide to Better Results .

Frontiers Radio podcast is back!

Here’s the video version:

This is a Q&A video based on a question from a therapist in Montreal: "When Do You Get Time to Read?"

I just wanted to say once again that I really appreciate your newsletter. I look forward to reading it every week. This week, I especially liked the comment on the importance of giving more attention to the conversational nature of psychotherapy in our training. I also liked the quote at the end, "It takes two to know one", which made me appreciate the importance of supervision and co-development groups to understand our clients better. 

I wanted to ask you a more personal question. When do you take time to read? I am asking this because there are so many interesting articles and books that are on my reading list but somehow I barely manage to make the time to read. I have a 2 year-old boy so that makes it a bit trickier too, but you and other therapists have children too.

Thank you for your work, it's inspiring. 

Admittedly, if you look at the timestamp below, my response stretches a little further than the original question. Timestamp: 00:00 When Do You Get Time to Read? 01:13 The Daily Practical 02:06 Thinking is a monologue; reading is a dialogue 03:32 What Not to Do 05:01 Taking care of our intentions 05:57 Reading strategy 08:08 The 4 Tenets of becoming a Deep Learner 09:41 Developing a Personalised Learning System (PLS) 10:55 The Ignorant Section 11:45 What to Read 14:08 What Format to Read On 16:57 Periods of "No inputs from other minds" 17:33 Summary 18:28 Invitation to your questionsFor previous podcast episodes, click here.

Submission of Questions

Questions have the power to bring us together, as questions put us on a quest.I would love to hear from you if you would like your questions to be answered in detail. Drop a comment below or email me at info@darylchow.com

Thanks for reading Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

Warm Welcome to New Folks on Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD)

If you are new here, I just want to say a big hello to you and would love to hear from you. Tell me a bit about you and where you are from. Drop me an email info@darylchow.com

Click here to see more resources about Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development and Frontiers Friday.

Daryl Chow Ph.D. is the author of The First Kiss, co-author of Better Results, and The Write to Recovery, Creating Impact, and the new book The Field Guide to Better Results .

n this week's tip, I'd talk about how we can specifically listen for changes between sessions, and why measuring a person's wellbeing matters more than a symptom-specific measure.

If you have missed the previous videos on how to improve working alliance and being outcome informed, here are links:

1. Seek to be Disconfirmed
2. The Devil is the Details Between Sessions
3. How to Use Measures Less Like an Assessment Tool...

Time Stamps:
00:00: Introduction
00:47: Listening for Differences Between Sessions
01:02: Limits of Symptom-Specific Measures
02:53: Paying Attention to Changes Outside of Therapy

Note: Any personally identifiable information in clinical examples used are changed, in order to protect their confidentiality and privacy.

Related Links:

1. Melissa Bond's research on the limitations of the DASS measure and why it was not designed to be used as a routine outcome measure.
2. Podcast episode on The Dyson Vacuum Cleaner and Making Progress Visible
   
   

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1. On Highly Sensitive Persons: https://darylchow.substack.com/p/4760832_frontiers-friday-101-sensitivity-part-i-
2. On Emotions: https://darylchow.substack.com/p/4760804_frontiers-friday-95-emotions-part-i-
3. On Deliberate Practice: https://darylchow.substack.com/p/4760599_frontiers-friday-51-deliberate-practice-part-v-