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Thinking in Thirds: Going Deeper (Part II of III)
In Part I of Thinking in Thirds, I talked about the rule of three in various domains like the performing arts, storytelling and music, and how segmenting the therapy hour into thirds can be structurally...
Thinking in Thirds (Part I of III)
The Rule of Three in Performing Arts, Photography and Music. One of the primary ways to think about how you structure your therapy hour is to think in three parts. In the performing arts,...
What does “Reigniting Clinical Supervision” Actually Look Like?
In this video, I will walk you through on a practical level, how to use a framework of clinical supervision to translate to actual improvement in outcome. We will take a step-by-step approach to...
#11. The Edges and Leverages on Using Deliberate Practice Keynote Address
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...
#10. The Wisdom Pattern of Scott Miller
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...
#8. There’s a Really Good Reason Why We Need Adjustable Seats
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...
Kindling the Flame
There are two different ways to think about how we educate psychotherapists. The first is a banking model. Traditionally, in a banking model, we teach the theory, research, fill it in the learner’s minds, attempting to download and fill the learner’s mind with knowledge, and about 4 years later, we then send them off for practicum and begin the real work.
The second way is a kindling model. In this approach, we flip the banking model on its head, and start with the action, igniting a deep interest while continuously fanning the flame, and then learn to synthesise, join the dots and form new conscious knowledge—after the fact.
Instead of The “10,000” Hour Rule, Why Not The “60” Hour Rule?
By now, many of you would have heard about the 10,000-hour rule, made popular by Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Outlier. This was largely based on K. Anders Ericsson and colleagues seminal work in 1993,...
Follow the Spark
The paperback of the book, The First Kiss: Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy is now available! The ebook from various retailers (Kindle, Apple, Kobo, etc.) with different reading formats is...
Follow The Pain
The paperback of the book, The First Kiss: Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy is now available! The ebook from various retailers (Kindle, Apple, Kobo, etc.) with different reading formats is...
Differences in Schools of Psychotherapy, and Why We Need Them.
Note: We take a breather from the topic of first sessions in today’s blog. A handful more chapters from the newly released book, The First Kiss, will be shared here in the coming weeks...
Stay Invested In…
When in therapy, stay invested in, 1. Defining and Redefining a problem; 2. Coming to a consensus of what is the problem; 3. Resolving the problem.
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...
How Do You Get Better At Eliciting Feedback?
In the previous post, we addressed the issue of how to receive feedback. In this post, we take a step back and address how we can elicit feedback.
Three Surprising Facts About Psychotherapy You and Your Doctors Need to Know
This is for those who are thinking about seeking help. Maybe you are wondering, unsure of who to go to and what to look out for. Or maybe you just need a reason to give...
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