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Deliberate Practice

“DP for This, DP for That.”

You may have noticed a surge in books about deliberate practice (DP) in psychotherapy.

There is DP for CBT, DP for EFT, DP for DBT, DP for IPT, DP for MI…

The list goes on.

As one of my colleagues observed, there seems to more books on DP than published research papers on it.

I have nothing against any model-specific approaches. Personally, I gravitated to systemic thinking and experiential-based approaches. More recently, I revisited more on depth psychology. 

Specific approaches offer specific metaphors. Metaphors represent and point to realities. They are fingers pointing to the moon; they are not the moon. 

However, I’m not so sure that it makes sense to think about deliberate practice (DP) for specific schools of therapy. Back in Jan 2018, I said that this is one of the things to avoid in DP. 

To my co-authors and I, working on a pre-ordained approach sounds more like purposeful practice (PP).

PP is more about narrow competence.

DP is more about personal excellence.. 

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Conversational Depths in Therapy

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 20 Dec. 2024 In my other Substack Full Circles, I talked about our yearnings for deeper conversations in our relationships. In case you missed it, here’s...

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We Are Hungry for Depth

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 13 Dec. 2024 Today’s episode comes from my other Substack, Full Circles: Meditation on the Inner and Outer Life. This is the main diagram the essay...

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Working with More Than Just the Teen

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 07 Dec. 2024 Today’s episode is dedicated to two readers of Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD):  Austin brown sparks and Ash Burton. I answer both Austin’s and...

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Native Wisdom

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 08 Nov. 2024 By definition, wisdom is specific, local and indigenous. Therefore, wisdom is native. And everyone has native skills. Native skills are located in...

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Concept Creep

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 11 Oct. 2024 1. Research: Concept Creep This is the original paper by Nick Haslam, 2016. Available in ResearchGate.Haslam examines the phenomena of concept creep with six...

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Random Currents

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 04 Oct. 2024 1. Research: The Lack Wobegon in China Hot off the oven. (Hat tip to Lin Xuibin, Rodney Goodyear, Scott Miller, and Yang Ai...

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Working with Youths. (Part III)

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 23 Aug. 2024 1. Research: On Father Absence I tried to explain this research to a friend once. He thought I was nuts.In this study, the researchers...

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Working with Youths. (Part II)

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 16 Aug. 2024 Last week, I shared a clinical example of working with a young person. This week, let’s look at specific reasons why youths stop psychological...

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You Need Structure

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 31 May 2024 Working Backwards Walk backwards with me for a little while. Much of my earlier work has focused on helping practitioners monitor and...