FIT: Feed-Back to Feed-Forward
There is one critical step that most practitioners miss in their professional development: integrating the use of measure in their clinical practice.
Category: Feedback Informed Treatment
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...
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...
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...
# 19. How to Elicit Nuanced Feedback Therapy Tip of the Week #6
In Therapy Tip of the Week #6, we continue on the topic of improving working alliance. Here’s my recommendation, when seeking for feedback, avoid talking about… you! If you have missed the previous videos...
#17. Seek to be Disconfirmed (Therapy Tip of the Week #5)
Dissonance can be a powerful ingredient for learning. How do we challenge our intuition in order to listen to our client’s unspokens in order to foster a deeper connection with them? In this video,...
#16. The Devil is the Details Between Sessions (Therapy Tip of the Week #4)
In this week’s therapy tip of the week, we are going to talk about the subject that you as a psychotherapist would be more than familiar with–except that it’s not what you expect. ⏳...
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...
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...
#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...
#8. There’s a Really Good Reason Why We Need Adjustable Seats
In the 1950s, A fairly unusual be-spectacled and slender Lieutenant Gilbert Daniels was tasked to solve one of the biggest problems in the US Air Force: Plane crashes. What he unravelled in the process...
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...
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...
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...
Adjustable Seats
In the 1950s, A fairly unusual be-spectacled and slender Lieutenant Gilbert Daniels was tasked to solve one of the biggest problems in the US Air Force. A botanical loving man, not the kind of...
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...
Outrospection
This originally appeared in the book, The First Kiss: Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy, Chapter 19. “What is Your View of the Problem?” “Curiosity never killed the cat.” ~...
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...
#4. The Dyson Vacuum Cleaner and Making Progress Visible
No manufacturing company in the US and UK was initially willing to license his vacuum cleaner. James Dyson was laughed at for designing a transparent vacuum cleaner that showed all the filth it sucked...
#3. The Inevitable in Psychotherapy (Frontiers Radio)
The 9 Forces That Will Shape The Field of Psychotherapy… and Why This Matters to You. The actual path of a raindrop as it goes down the valley is unpredictable, but the general direction...
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...
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...
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...
Circle of Development
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...
The Clock of Learning Across Disciplines (CLAD)
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...
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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