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Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 19, 2017 · Last modified May 3, 2019
Try opening up your latest iPhone or Samsung mobile device. It’s near impossible. That’s because tech giants are making phones harder to repair. Apple insists that their iPhones are so complicated that third-party repairers...
Deliberate Practice / First Principles / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 10, 2017 · Last modified February 17, 2020
In a previous post, I’ve talked about the importance of Developing First Principles Before Methods. I’ve also talked about the ways you can develop first principles from challenging situations, therapeutic mistakes, and guidance from...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / First Principles / First Sessions / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published November 6, 2017 · Last modified June 26, 2020
Try this little thought experiment: Take a piece of paper, and in the next 2-3mins, in no more than 2-3 paragraphs, write down your philosophy of what guides you in therapy. Most of us...
Deliberate Practice / First Principles / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 27, 2017 · Last modified December 18, 2018
As a field, we were obsessed with methods, approaches, tools, theoretical orientations, and schools of thought. Money poured into establishing treatment efficacy differences have not yield much fruit; therapists investment in time, effort and...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published October 6, 2017 · Last modified November 13, 2018
In a previous post, I talked about the iterative cycle that we can take in our professional development (click HERE to revisit it, and download the free infographic). Here’s something that I’ve recently revisited that struck...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 28, 2017 · Last modified November 13, 2018
In a previous post, I advocated the need to go beyond seeking the help from one individual. It is up to you to Build a Portfolio of Mentors. It doesn’t happen to you; it’s...
Deliberate Practice / For Professionals
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published September 15, 2017 · Last modified April 1, 2024
There is no doubt, psychotherapists value professional development. After all, we are in the business of human development. We prize growth and change not only in our clients, but in ourselves. But the truth...
Clinical Supervision / Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published August 30, 2017 · Last modified November 13, 2018
I get the goose bumps when I hear the type of questions discerning therapists raise at my workshops. It strikes me every time not only because these are the questions I’ve been pondering about...
Deliberate Practice / For Professionals / Personalised Learning
by Daryl Chow, MA, PhD · Published August 15, 2017 · Last modified November 13, 2018
What is our real work? It’s easy to think that the role of a psychotherapist is to treat a person or help our clients change. Indeed, that may be the outcome we hope for....
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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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