The Paradox of Focusing on the Therapist
Empathy has a hard time seeing a bigger picture. That is why fundraisers for charities do better when they tell a compelling story of an individual child with no access to clean water, rather...
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Repairable Models: It’s Time We Fix This
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...
First Principles: The 5-Step Process for Deep and Accelerated Learning in Therapy
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...
Three Ways to Develop First Principles in Your Clinical Practice
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...
Develop First Principles Before The Methods
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...
Develop Your Own Wealth of Learnings
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...
Specific Ways to Build a Portfolio of Mentors
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...
The Iterative Pathway of a Psychotherapist’s Professional Development
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...
I Get the Goose Bumps…
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...
Our Real Work
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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