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This book presents deliberate practice exercises that help professionals and trainees develop resilience and flexibility to be good therapists.
List of contents
Prologue to the 2nd Edition
Forwards
Part I: The Training Plan Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Case Example
Chapter 3: Psychological Capacity
Chapter 4: Stimuli for Deliberate Practice
Chapter 5: Principles of Training
Chapter 6: Training Safely
Part II: Deliberate Practice Exercises Exercise #1: Observe Your Reactions To Psychological Stimuli
Exercise #2: Attention Control
Exercise #3: Simultaneous Self-Observation and Client Engagement
Part III: Advanced Deliberate Practice Exercises
Exercise #4: Psychological Self-Recovery
Exercise #5: Interval Training
Exercise #6: Customize Your Deliberate Practice
Part IV: Training Strategy Chapter 7: Track Your Progress
Chapter 8: Common Challenges and Solutions
Chapter 9: Personal Development for Therapists
Chapter 10: Looking Forward
Part V: Resources Appendix A: Deliberate Practice Exercise Form
Appendix B: Customizing DP Exercises Form
Appendix C: Sample Videos
About the author
Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, is program director of the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program, and executive director of the Sentio Counseling Center. He has authored many books on deliberate practice and psychotherapy training and is coeditor of the book series
The Essentials of Deliberate Practice(APA Books). In 2017, Dr. Rousmaniere published the widely cited article in
The Atlantic Monthly, “What Your Therapist Doesn’t Know.” Dr. Rousmaniere supports the open-data movement and publishes clinical outcome data at drtonyr.com. He is president of Division 29 of APA.
