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Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 28, 2022 · Last modified November 3, 2024
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...
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...
Frontiers Friday Series / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 8, 2022 · Last modified May 11, 2024
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 8 Jan. 2022 PART I Reflection: If learning = transfer, what are the top 3 things you’ve learned last year...
Since 2013, I’ve been capturing weekly short notes on what I’ve learned as a psychotherapist. I wished I’ve started earlier in career. In one of my first few posts on Frontiers, I talked about...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning / Podcast
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 4, 2022 · Last modified July 2, 2024
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...
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...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published December 3, 2021 · Last modified March 22, 2022
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...
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 12, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 16, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 16 Oct. 2021. PART I The topic that got me hooked into the study of development and practices of...
Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / Podcast
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 7, 2021 · Last modified October 8, 2021
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published August 28, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 28 Aug. 2021 PART I Here’s one of the “Daily Stories” that I’ve kept from 2019. ~~~ # 57. Communicating...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published August 13, 2021 · Last modified May 3, 2022
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...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning / Self-care
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 30, 2021
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 3, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 3 Jul. 2021 Reflection: What invisible wounds do we carry that needs the tenderness of our attention? PART II Reflection: What can...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning / Podcast
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published June 3, 2021 · Last modified July 2, 2024
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published May 22, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
Note: This is a compilation of Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 22 May 2021 PART I Reflection: There are times when our best intentions does not translate to the the intended effect...
Feedback Informed Treatment / Podcast / Research
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published May 21, 2021 · Last modified July 2, 2024
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published May 10, 2021 · Last modified January 12, 2024
What’s essential is invisible to the eye. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince. This is long overdue. It’s end of April 2021, and I’m only beginning to be able to look back at...
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 / Frontiers Friday Series
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published April 17, 2021 · Last modified May 28, 2024
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...
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...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published March 8, 2021 · Last modified March 19, 2021
The saying goes, “doubt is a good servant but a bad master.” In 1978, Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes coined the term impostor syndrome. (Befitting coincidence as it’s the year I was born). It’s a...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published February 27, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 23, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2024
Here is a series on the topic people from all walks of life who devote themselves to their craft. Note: This is a compilation from Frontier Friday, a weekly Substack published, originally released on...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning / Self-care
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published January 22, 2021
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....
A version of this first appeared in The Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) newsletter in 2020. NADA is the peak organisation for the non government alcohol and other drugs sector in NSW....
Feedback Informed Treatment / First Principles / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 23, 2020 · Last modified May 11, 2021
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...
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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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