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Some time ago, a large agency said to me that they were changing their outcome measures. I was somewhat surprised, given that they have been collecting their outpatient outcomes for some years. The reason?...
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 22, 2025 · Last modified August 11, 2025
Let’s look at the critique (and implications) of the use of FIT.
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 22, 2025 · Last modified August 11, 2025
What’s the evidence for FIT? Let’s dive into the weeds.
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published July 9, 2025 · Last modified August 11, 2025
There is one critical step that most practitioners miss in their professional development: integrating the use of measure in their clinical practice.
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published March 10, 2023 · Last modified April 21, 2024
How to reduce dropouts from psychotherapy and inviting therapists to bring everything to bear.
Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / Personalised Learning / Podcast
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 5, 2022 · Last modified July 2, 2024
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...
Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 30, 2022
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...
Feedback Informed Treatment / Personalised Learning / Podcast
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 23, 2022 · Last modified July 2, 2024
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...
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...
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...
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 / 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...
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 / 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.
Feedback Informed Treatment / Personalised Learning / Reimagining Education in Psychotherapy (REP)
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 22, 2019 · Last modified October 23, 2019
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...
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...
Deliberate Practice / Feedback Informed Treatment / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published December 8, 2017 · Last modified May 3, 2019
The biggest barrier towards your professional development is not on how to get from zero to 10, but from zero to one.[1] Many therapists struggle with systematically measuring their outcomes. Because of this, they...
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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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