{"id":5958,"date":"2023-09-29T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/?p=5958"},"modified":"2024-07-02T20:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:14:13","slug":"what-do-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/what-do-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Note: This is originally from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/darylchow.substack.com\">Frontier Friday<\/a><\/strong>, a weekly Substack published, originally released on 29 Sept. 202<\/em>3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here\u2019s the video version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wcU7ch-MFW0?rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;enablejsapi=0\">What to Do to Better Help Your Clients as a Therapist?<\/a><\/h4><p>This is a Q&#038;A video and podcast series based on a question from a therapist in Glasgow, Scotland, who is faced with too much choices in a myriad of approaches in helping his clients. Timestamp: 00:00 Intro 00:07 Email from a therapist in Scotland 03:14 Step 1: What is your belief about how healing takes place?<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is a Q&amp;A video and podcast series based on a question from a therapist in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/35gK3kBQGJQiGw4RIV7P1Z?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>I hope this email finds you well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>I&#8217;m not sure whether this will get to you, but wanted to reach out as I have been feeling in a bit of a crisis with my practice as psychotherapist. And have been reading your book &#8216;First Kiss&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>To put it bluntly &#8211; there is too much choice!<\/strong>&nbsp;I am constantly distracted and preoccupied by the great myriad of trainings, books,&nbsp;&nbsp;models, etc. And find myself paralysed at times on what to actually do with people. I want to help and be the best I can.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>I have been excited and intrigued by your writings, and the writing of Dr. Scott Miller as well, and I appreciate that there are factors more important than the therapeutic school\/model, but it still leaves me anxious about&nbsp;<strong>what do I actually subscribe to in a session, as I can&#8217;t just do anything\/everything,<\/strong>&nbsp;I still need to present a coherent narrative to my clients, and link that to the work we do together. Even integrative or transdiagnostic models (like PBT or Multimodal Therapy) feel overwhelming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>And when I look at Deliberate Practice, it seems great, but doesn&#8217;t answer my overall questions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>I wonder, should i just pick a good, well-fitting for me, model, and then work at practicing the best version of that i can? Or whether I am missing something entirely?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>So I wanted to write in case there was anything you could point me in the direction of reading or doing that could help.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Warmest regards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Peter<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Timestamp:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">00:00 Intro<br>00:07 Email from a therapist in Scotland<br>03:14 Step 1: What is your belief about how healing takes place?<br>04:31 Step 2: Identify 2-3 approaches that resonnates with you.<br>06:34 Step 3: Your History of Change<br>07:34 Step 4: Your Clinical History with Clients<br>08:51 Step 5: Develop Your Own Blueprint of How You Conduct Therapy Sessions<br>10:43 Step 6: Capture Weekly Therapy Learnings (WTL)<br>12:29 Step 7: Retrieval Practice<br>13:50 Our Misunderstandings of What &#8220;Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)&#8221; is.<br>15:24 Invitation to Pose Your Questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For previous podcast episodes, click&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/category\/podcast\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission of Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F539dc43a-b47c-4560-953b-2d971bdd2ef6_1920x1420.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F539dc43a-b47c-4560-953b-2d971bdd2ef6_1920x1420.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@brett_jordan?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Brett Jordan<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/8Fzn3XsIbxI?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Questions have the power to bring us together, as questions put us on a quest.<br><br>I would love to hear from you if you would like your questions to be answered in detail. Drop a&nbsp;<strong>comment<\/strong>&nbsp;below or email me at&nbsp;<strong>info@darylchow.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>If you would like to learn more topics that can help your professional development, subscribe to the Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). 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