Doubt
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...
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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...
First Principles / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 20, 2020 · Last modified May 2, 2024
The real question we are asking each other is “Am I safe with you?” “Is it alright for me to reveal my wishes, my un-spokens, my hidden truths, my guilt, my shame, my yearnings...
We don’t know how to rest. We think that resting is for the lazy, the inefficient and the ineffective. Yet when we think we are resting, our eyes are entranced by the endless scroll...
Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 27, 2020
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...
Feedback Informed Treatment / First Sessions / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 8, 2020 · Last modified October 2, 2020
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.” ~...
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...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 24, 2020 · Last modified August 11, 2023
Way back, the British wanted to reduce the amount of cobras in colonial Delhi, so they decided to start a bounty on those snakes. And they expected this would solve the problem. All of...
Feedback Informed Treatment / Research
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 11, 2020 · Last modified August 11, 2023
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...
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...
Feedback Informed Treatment / Personalised Learning / Podcast / Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP) / Research
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published August 3, 2020
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...
Frontiers Radio is a podcast for psychotherapists who value deep learning and individualized development that translates to better results with the people you aspire to improve. On the show, you’d acquire cutting edge knowledge that pushes beyond the...
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...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning / Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP)
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 21, 2020 · Last modified July 24, 2020
Recently, someone said something to me that cast doubt on my ability as a therapist. This person said, “It’s not that hard to help someone feel understood. With good eye contact, attentive listening sprinkled...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 3, 2020 · Last modified February 5, 2021
In more ways than one, therapists are bridge makers. Except that one of the greatest challenges is the process of bridging what we’ve learned into fruitfulness for our clients. Demis Hassabis, founder of the...
After figuring a way to create space and protect deep learning, one of the biggest barriers in the deep learning process is that most of the knowledge acquired over time are not accessible in ...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 1, 2020 · Last modified July 2, 2020
When I first heard about a “möbius strip” from writer Parker Palmer, I thought it was a name for a German freeway or something. The Smithsonian magazine explains that “a Möbius strip can be...
Personalised Learning / Podcast
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 1, 2020 · Last modified May 4, 2024
For a video version of this episode, see below: “I spent half of my life lost in an education system that pushed for results and performance… and failed.. Even when I Began to perform...
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...
I believe that a good life is a deep life; it’s prerequisite is to be a deep learner. My job is to help practitioners become Deep Learners. This week, I want to take you...
I found myself telling this story to me kids some nights ago. I believe it’s worth retelling here, especially in the current anxious climate surrounding the coronavirus. After the story, I say a few...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published June 27, 2020 · Last modified June 29, 2020
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14947670/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1733435/custom-color/fd0e35″ height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] We pay tribute to K. Anders Ericsson in today’s episode. He is known by many to be “the expert on expertise.” His work,...
Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / First Sessions / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published June 25, 2020 · Last modified June 28, 2020
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...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published April 24, 2020 · Last modified April 25, 2020
Here is Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, on the importance of what’s not going to change: I very frequently get the question: ‘What’s going to change in the next 10 years?’ And that is...
Deliberate Practice / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published April 20, 2020 · Last modified June 29, 2020
Participants from all over the globe have just completed the first two stages of the inaugural batch of the Deep Learner web-based workshop. Instead of just a bunch of pre-recorded lectures, Deep Learner is...
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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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