Author: Daryl Chow, MA, PhD

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...

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...

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...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 22 Nov. 2024 Finally. My colleagues and I can report that this study Improving Responses to Challenging Scenarios in Therapy is now published. What took us so...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 15 Nov. 2024 I gave this talk some weeks ago at a conference organised by the Association of Counselling Psychologists (ACP). Big thanks to the...

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...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 01 Nov. 2024 Best practice is not always best. Most studies are based on the average of a given group. For instance, when a treatment...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 25 Oct. 2024 Buried in this somewhat obscure edited book, The Development of Professional Expertise1, K Anders Ericsson, the leading psychologist on the study of deliberate practice,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 09 Aug. 2024 The Challenges Working with youths has been the most challenging and the most rewarding aspect of my clinical practice. Even though I...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 02 Aug. 2024 Introduction “I come from the land down under!” yells BMX freestyle cyclist Natalya Diehm, She is the first Australian woman to claim...

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...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 19 Jul. 2024 1. Capturing Weekly Therapy Learnings More than a decade ago, I would not have imagined this is to be one of the...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 12 Jul. 2024 1. 10 Things to Avoid in Deliberate Practice There has been a proliferation of books on DP over the last few years....

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 5 Jul. 2024 This is part IV of the 10 years in writing for Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD), helping practitioners move toward at their...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 28 Jun. 2024. 1. Is The Scientific Paper a Fraud? We had a discussion on the process publishing peer-reviewed journal articles in our last Fire-Side...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 21 Jun. 2024 1. Peak Performance vs Typical Performance The practice of psychotherapy is not like sports or music is because the measure of our...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 14 Jun. 2024 1. Therapy Learnings: A Memorable Practice My first FPD post. 2. Develop First Principles Before The Methods This piece has stood the...

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...

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...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 24 May 2024 Note: If you have missed the previous week’s missive, feel free to go to FF184 to download your free copy of the Taxonomy of Deliberate...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 17 May. 2024 Note: If you have missed last week’s missive, feel free to go to FF184 to download your free copy of the Taxonomy of Deliberate Practice...

Note: This article was originally published in Substack on 10 May. 2024 Let me get straight to the point. Here is a worksheet that is going to be a vital piece of your professional...