Deliberate Practice for Psychotherapists - Softcover

Rousmaniere, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138203203 ISBN 13: 9781138203204

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This text explores how psychotherapists can use deliberate practice to improve their clinical effectiveness. By sourcing through decades of research on how experts in diverse fields achieve skill mastery, the author proposes it is possible for any therapist to dramatically improve their effectiveness. However, achieving expertise isn’t easy. To improve, therapists must focus on clinical challenges and reconsider century-old methods of clinical training from the ground up. This volume presents a step-by-step program to engage readers in deliberate practice to improve clinical effectiveness across the therapists’ entire career span, from beginning training for graduate students to continuing education for licensed and advanced clinicians.

 

About this title

About the Author

Tony Rousmaniere is Clinical Faculty at the University ofWashington and has a private practice in Seattle.  He hosts the clinicaltraining website dpfortherapists.com, andis the author/editor of four books on clinical training: Deliberate Practice for Psychotherapists, The Cycle ofExcellence: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Supervision and Training, UsingTechnology to Enhance Counseling Training and Supervision: A Practical Handbook, and the forthcoming Mastering the InnerSkills of Psychotherapy: A Deliberate Practice Handbook.  In2017 Dr. Rousmaniere published an article in The Atlantic Monthly, "What your therapist doesn't know".Dr. Rousmaniere provides workshops, webinars, and advanced clinical trainingand supervision to clinicians in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe,Asia, and Australia.  He was previouslyAssociate Director of Counseling and Director of Training at the University ofAlaska Fairbanks Student Health and Counseling Association.  More about Dr. Rousmaniere can be foundat drtonyr.com

Review

"This book deals with an underdeveloped field of psychotherapy research, therapist development, in a very unique manner and both very personal and self-disclosing but also related to research evidence. Tony Rousmaniere explains the paths to competence and expertise as a therapist with all its ups and downs using a broad perspective and attracts trainees - and this is specifically striking - to learn from many other fields such as medicine and even the performing arts. This book provides an extremely valuable contribution to the field!" - Bernhard Strauss, PhD, past-president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
"This book has important potential. Like Yalom, the book will benefit therapists in training, as well as professional therapists. The first person account is compelling. Deliberate Practice may be a beneficial "disruption" to traditional psychotherapy training." - Nick Ladany, PhD, Dean, UC San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences

"Candid, bold, challenging, and constantly tied to clinical reality, this engrossing and innovative book offers creative insights and valuable tools to help clinicians become more effective, irrespective of their theoretical orientation and level of experience.--Louis Castonguay, PhD, past-president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research"In this remarkable book, Tony Rousmaniere combines a masterful command of the research literature with a brave, honest, and compelling account of his own struggles and growth as a clinician. This book challenges and inspires the reader to strive to be a better therapist, and provides practical suggestions for how to do so. It has already impacted how I practice and how I supervise."--Catherine F. Eubanks, PhD, President-Elect, Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)"an essential guide for therapists for using DP to increase their expertise."--Rodney Goodyear, PhD, past-president of the Society for Advancement of Psychotherapy  "provides incredibly important information for trainees, practitioners, and supervisors across all levels of experience."--Mark J. Hilsenroth, PhD, editor of the journal Psychotherapy

"In clear and entertaining fashion, Tony Rousmaniere reviews the latest research and lays out the steps for using deliberate practice to foster continuous professional development."--Scott D. Miller, PhD, co-developer of Feedback Informed Treatment

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138203203
• ISBN 13: 9781138203204
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238