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Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published December 14, 2022 · Last modified April 21, 2024
One of the key areas related to our developmental efforts is in the realm of clinical supervision. Clinical supervision is the signature pedagogy of choice in psychotherapy. I’ve benefited a great deal from the...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 30, 2022
In this video, I will walk you through on a practical level, how to use a framework of clinical supervision to translate to actual improvement in outcome. We will take a step-by-step approach to...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published December 10, 2021 · Last modified July 4, 2024
How is it possible that when we are not our best “therapeutic” self can lead to a good outcome? In the last post, Develop Good Taste, I talked about the benefits of listening to...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 22, 2021
We have an obsession with map finding. We think that if we search hard enough, we will correct the map that we have, and/or find the right map to rule them all. To see if this...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published April 17, 2021
Perhaps there is no bigger feat than taking on Mount Everest. The early pioneers like Sir Edmund Hilary have been recognised–and knighted–for conquering the highest peak in the world. [1] Peak performance is greatly...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published April 2, 2021
About 2 decades ago, I watched a documentary on the making of the album The Unforgettable Fire by U2. At the helm of the mixing desk, producer Brian Eno uttered the following words to...
Clinical Supervision / Frontiers Friday Series
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published March 26, 2021 · Last modified May 28, 2024
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 26 Mar. 2021 PART I Reflection: What is clinical supervision for?(No, really. What’s the point of clinical supervision?) PART II...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 30, 2020
Here’s a suggestion: Whenever you conduct a supervision session, leave one empty chair in the room. [1] Why? This is to remind both parties, that we are talking about someone else who is not...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 29, 2020
“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...
School tells you what to learn. In real life, you have to figure out WHAT TO LEARN. In psychotherapy land, we are inundated with so many types of “whats and hows”, in the forms...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published February 14, 2020 · Last modified February 18, 2020
American Idol and the likes of other singing contests have created a false impression that what it takes to be a musical star is to sing really well. The aim of reality television singing...
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...
Clinical Supervision / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 15, 2020 · Last modified January 16, 2020
One of the common assumptions we make is that the skills of a clinical supervisor is the same as the skill of a psychotherapist. Certainly there are its overlaps, but I would argue that...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / First Sessions / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 14, 2020 · Last modified June 26, 2020
Note: The original version of this article first appeared in Psychotherapy.net, June 2019. Today we are going to use the concept of Circle of Development (COD) to elaborate on how clinical supervisors can help...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 13, 2020 · Last modified March 25, 2020
In today’s post, I take a moment away from the Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP) series. Given that most therapists I meet are hungry for professional development, I would like to address the topic...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / First Principles / Personalised Learning / Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP)
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published December 20, 2019 · Last modified November 8, 2024
The Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP) Series, Part 5. In the previous article (REP part 4), I made the case to be playful and tolerance for mediocrity as part of the learning journey. To...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / First Principles / Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP)
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 30, 2019 · Last modified November 6, 2019
Turns out that there there is a key difference between teaching kids how to play with legos, versus telling them what to build.
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / First Principles / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 21, 2019
We need to trust the process of therapy, but without clarity on the effect of therapy, you are likely to get lost in the weeds—lost in our theoretical explanations and pet solutions—especially when the client isn’t experiencing any real gain.
Clinical Supervision / First Principles / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 13, 2019 · Last modified April 2, 2021
Last week, I discussed why information does not typically lead to transformation. and how the over-emphasis on content knowledge. I alluded to our over-emphasis on content knowledge over relational knowledge. So why can’t we...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / First Principles / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published February 21, 2019 · Last modified February 24, 2019
It all begins with an investment of faith. Organisations, supervisees, and practitioners whom I consult with know that, for the most part, they wouldn’t see immediate results. It’s a calculated gamble. I recently began...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published December 1, 2018
When you are at the frontier, you feel alive. Being at the frontier, you experience an interplay between being awakened and a sense of surrender.
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 14, 2018 · Last modified May 3, 2019
[note: if you are reading this from your inbox, please view in your browser in order to watch the video below] We sometimes over-extrapolate the idea of “parallel process.”[1] Maybe we think that therapists often...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / First Principles / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 13, 2018 · Last modified April 30, 2019
Join our in-depth, cutting-edge learning platform, Reigniting Clinical Supervision (RCS). Registration closes this Friday, 3rd of May 2019. We begin on Monday, 6th of May 2019. If you are a subscriber to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development,...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 11, 2018 · Last modified May 3, 2019
Join our in-depth, cutting-edge learning platform, Reigniting Clinical Supervision (RCS). Registration closes on 3rd of May 2019. Course begins on 6th of May 2019.. If you are a subscriber to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development, remember to...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 10, 2018 · Last modified January 16, 2019
Therapists are hungry to get better. But did you know that 60-90% of therapists do not develop clear individualised learning objectives in clinical supervision?[1] (And no, improving engagement is not specific enough). Without clarity...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 14, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
The aim of Frontiers of Professional Development (FPD) became clear to me only a few months back, even though FPD has been around for a few years now. At the heart of FPD is...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 19, 2017 · Last modified May 3, 2019
Try opening up your latest iPhone or Samsung mobile device. It’s near impossible. That’s because tech giants are making phones harder to repair. Apple insists that their iPhones are so complicated that third-party repairers...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / First Principles / First Sessions / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 6, 2017 · Last modified June 26, 2020
Try this little thought experiment: Take a piece of paper, and in the next 2-3mins, in no more than 2-3 paragraphs, write down your philosophy of what guides you in therapy. Most of us...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 6, 2017 · Last modified November 13, 2018
In a previous post, I talked about the iterative cycle that we can take in our professional development (click HERE to revisit it, and download the free infographic). Here’s something that I’ve recently revisited that struck...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 28, 2017 · Last modified November 13, 2018
In a previous post, I advocated the need to go beyond seeking the help from one individual. It is up to you to Build a Portfolio of Mentors. It doesn’t happen to you; it’s...
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Daryl Chow, MA, Ph.D. (Psych) is a practicing psychologist and trainer. He is a senior associate of the International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE). He devotes his time to workshops, consultations, and researches on the development of expertise and highly effective psychotherapists, helping practitioners to accelerate learning and improve client outcomes.
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