Can ChatGPT Replace Psychotherapy?
Before ChatGPT took the world by storm a few months ago in Nov 2022, there was ELIZA. Invented by a professor in MIT named Joseph Weizenbaum, Eliza was a simple computer program, a chatbot...
Category: Deliberate Practice
The 7 Mistakes of Clinical Supervision
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...
Thinking in Thirds Closing The Session (Part III of III)
How Do You Close a Session in a Meaningful Way? In the previous 2 parts on Thinking in Thirds, I’ve detailed about the process of Stage 1 of creating an invitational beginning and Stage 2...
Thinking in Thirds: Going Deeper (Part II of III)
In Part I of Thinking in Thirds, I talked about the rule of three in various domains like the performing arts, storytelling and music, and how segmenting the therapy hour into thirds can be structurally...
20. Less Like an Assessment Tool…(Therapy Tip of the Week #7)
In this week’s Therapy Tip of the Week #7 (TTW), we talk about how to use outcome monitoring tools, not as an assessment tool, but as a conversational tool. If you have missed the...
Thinking in Thirds (Part I of III)
The Rule of Three in Performing Arts, Photography and Music. One of the primary ways to think about how you structure your therapy hour is to think in three parts. In the performing arts,...
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...
Structuring a Therapy Session to Create Impact
The First Training on Shaping the Arch of a Psychotherapy Session to Make It Come AliveIf you are on the move, listen to the Frontiers Radio audio version, or anywhere else you get your podcasts. “Every...
Solving for Patterns
Most of the time, we are solving for specifics. In the natural sciences, however, nature does not solve for specifics, but it solves for patterns. Paraphrasing Agriculturist Wendell Berry (1981), Janine Benus described the process...
To Be Altered
Renowned improv teacher, Keith Johnstone says the following: Instead of telling actors that they must be good listeners (which is confusing), we should say, ‘Be altered by what’s said.’ Good theatre is like tennis in...
Explain Your Ideas to An Expert—and to a Child.
Wired magazine has a video series where they get experts from various domains to explain complicated concepts—from blockchain to machine learning, music harmony to sleep—in 5 different levels: What’s really interesting is to listen...
What does “Reigniting Clinical Supervision” Actually Look Like?
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...
The Difference Between What’s Right and What’s Right For You
There’s a big difference between what’s right and what’s right for you. This is why deliberate practice (DP) is not a cookie cutter approach, but it is highly individualised. Figuring out what’s right for...
How to Begin Using Obsidian to Become a Deep Learner
In this video, I’d walk you through 7 Tips on how to get started with using the Obsidian notetaking app. Time Stamps: Intro (00:00)Why as a Psychologist I take learning notes (00:18)5 Key Benefits...
#11. The Edges and Leverages on Using Deliberate Practice Keynote Address
This is a keynote address given by Daryl Chow, Ph.D. for a virtual conference hosted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Cumulative evidence in psychotherapy suggests that we not only do not...
“I Don’t Mean To Be Mean But…”
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...
Develop Good Taste
Before you can develop good abilities, you’ve got to develop good taste. If you want to develop as a musician, you’d want to develop an ear for music. You would then need to expose...
Obsession with Map Finding
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...
#10. The Wisdom Pattern of Scott Miller
In this exclusive episode #10 on Frontiers Radio, we have a special guest, Dr. Scott Miller. We talked about several luminary figures who shaped and influenced his life, pivotal turning points, the writing process...
Navigation
They is alot to learn from navigating in nature and the nature of navigation. Navigating in Nature I recently discovered the work of master outdoorsman, expert natural navigator, and global adventurer, Tristan Gooley.[1] Maybe...
Caring For Those Who Care
A few years ago, I began to think about how we are caring for those who care. Maybe I was slow to fully realise this, but as I worked with others in the helping...
#9. A Hidden Discipline That Will Extend Your Mind
Welcome to Episode #9 of the Frontiers Podcast! In this episode, we have a special video version that comes with some cool visuals from the app that I was talking about. I believe one...
Wait…Why Measure?
Short answer: To be adaptive. Long answer: Watch this video p/s: This video is taken from one of the modules in our Deep Learner course. Deep Learner a field guide for psychotherapist, teaching you...
Peak Performance vs Typical Performance
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...
Consistency
Being consistent means keeping a promise to yourself. When we are not consistent, we are breaking promises. We lose the power of our handshake agreements to ourselves. We lose the commitment of our word....
The Deliberate Road
When I look back over the last decade, there is one common theme: I have a huge tendency to overestimate what I can do in the short-term, and underestimate what I can achieve in...
It’s Not About You.
One common advice that is often given to someone preparing for a speech is to rehearse in front of a mirror. This is one of those common wisdom that is not helpful. What happens...
Leave an Empty Chair
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...
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