#5. When Performing Impedes Learning
For a video version of this episode, see below: “I spent half of my life lost in an education system that pushed for results and performance… and failed.. Even when I Began to perform...
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Can “Deliberate Practice” Make Things Worse?
Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 18 Oct. 2024 There has been a proliferation of deliberate practice studies in the field of psychotherapy. It’s hard to keep up. A recent Swedish...
See What You Hear, Hear What You See Series
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 12 Nov. 2021 PART I If you see the materials in the course Deep Learner and in our book Better Results, we’ve...
Feedback Informed Treatment Series
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 17 Apr. 2021 PART I Reflection: Do you use measures in therapy? If so, do you use them as...
A Deep Learner Needs a Möbius Strip
When I first heard about a “möbius strip” from writer Parker Palmer, I thought it was a name for a German freeway or something. The Smithsonian magazine explains that “a Möbius strip can be...
The Backstory on the First Deliberate Practice Study in Psychotherapy
Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 26 Jul. 2024 Books are a uniquely portable magic. — Stephen King I loved the smell and ambience of libraries. The smell of aging paper and...
Moving the Giant Outcome Goal (TDPA, Part IV)
Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 07 June 2024 Today, I want to share with you how one clinician used the Taxonomy of Deliberate Practice Activities (TDPA) to guide her professional...
The Guise of Feedback
Not all feedback is created equal. Who specifically do you trust to give you feedback about your development? It’s important to distinguish between performance feedback and learning feedback. Feedback from clients are performance feedback, used to specifically tune...
Alliance Series
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 26 Aug. 2022 PART I As a child, my uncle used to perform magic tricks for my cousins and...
Caring for People in Organisations Series
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 27 Feb. 2021 Caring for People in Organisations (PART I) For better or for worse, the workplace is our...
The Tyranny of Metrics
For all this talk about the importance of measuring outcomes, we must resist the other side, the tyranny of metrics that can undermine the dignity of our human experience. A lack of appreciation and...
Problem Solvers and Problem Finders
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” ~ Pablo Picasso Some of the best clinical supervisors I know are not just good problem solvers, but they are highly perceptive problem finders. Why...
To Understand? Easy. To Help Someone Feel Understood? Difficult.
Recently, someone said something to me that cast doubt on my ability as a therapist. This person said, “It’s not that hard to help someone feel understood. With good eye contact, attentive listening sprinkled...
10 Frontiers Problems to Solve
Date: 23rd June 2020. I started writing the first draft of this list of problems to solve in April 2019. There were like 15-17 problems at first… and that was more than a year...
You Haven’t Taught Until They Have Learned
I love this phrase from the Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden. “You haven’t taught until they’ve learned.”[1] It’s tempting to focus on what we teach as clinical supervisors. Instead, we need to...
Lego for Psychotherapists
Turns out that there there is a key difference between teaching kids how to play with legos, versus telling them what to build.
Measure Growth, Not Competence
The Reimagine Education in Psychotherapy (REP) Series, Part 3. I cannot fail. I failed way too many times in my primary, secondary, and even in tertiary education. It was challenging to not be succeeding...
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