Prologue
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Path to Deliberate Practice 1. The Path to Competence 2. The Path to Expertise 3. The Experiment, Phase 1: Deliberate Practice 4. The Experiment, Phase 2: Solitary Deliberate Practice
Part II: The Science of Expertise: Learning from Other Fields 5. Expertise in Medicine: Focus on Clinical Outcomes 6. Expertise in Performing Arts: Focus on Skills 7. Expertise in Difficult Situations: Experience Refined by Feedback 8. Expertise in Spiritual Practices: Addressing Experiential Avoidance
Part III: Developing Your Own Deliberate Practice Routine 9. The Principles of Practice 10. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Basic Skills 11. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Specific Models
Part IV: Sustaining Deliberate Practice 12. The Inner Game: Self-Regulation, Grit, and Harmonious Passion 13. Advice for Supervisees: Finding Your Path to Expertise 14. Advice for Supervisors: Integrating Deliberate Practice into Supervision 15. Advice for Mid- and Later Career: Lifelong Learning 16. Challenges to Deliberate Practice 17. Looking Forward
Epilogue
Appendix: Videotaping Psychotherapy
References
Index
Tony Rousmaniere is on the clinical faculty at the University of Washington, Seattle where he also maintains a private practice.
“Despite a hundred years of theorizing and the promulgation of
hundreds of treatment methods, evidence-based methods for improving
the therapeutic effectiveness have remained elusive—that is, until
now. 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, director, International Center for Clinical
Excellence“Research has clearly demonstrated that some therapists
are better than others. As for diverse domains of expertise (such
as sports, chess, and music), there is also evidence that superior
effectiveness is in part due to deliberate practice. Based on his
personal journey, as well as clinical and training experiences as a
therapist, Rousmaniere describes specific principles, exercises,
techniques, and strategies to develop and maintain a committed,
repeated, and skill-building engagement toward excellence. 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, Penn State University; former
president, Society for Psychotherapy Research“In Deliberate
Practice for Psychotherapists: A Guide to Improving Clinical
Effectiveness, Tony Rousmaniere outlines several issues regarding
the development of expertise in psychotherapy based on contemporary
learning theory and research. In doing so, Rousmaniere provides a
remarkably innovative and valuable contribution to the field of
psychotherapy that draws upon observations and methods about the
mastery of skills sets from multiple different professions. As
such, I believe this book provides incredibly important information
for trainees, practitioners, and supervisors across all levels of
experience.”—Mark J. Hilsenroth, PhD, Adelphi University“Some
psychotherapists consistently realize better client outcomes than
their peers and the data show that they achieve this by having made
a long-term commitment to engaging in deliberate practice (DP). But
many psychotherapists remain unsure of just what DP is or how they
might incorporate it in their own work. Rousmaniere answers these
questions in a highly effective and engaging way. He takes the
reader along on his own quest to become the best therapist he can
and as he does, anchors his observations solidly in the research
literature. The result is an essential guide for therapists for
using DP to increase their expertise.”—Rodney Goodyear, professor,
University of Redlands; emeritus professor of education (counseling
psychology), University of Southern California
It is an essential psychotherapy skill, and has no direct
competition. In my opinion, because the proposal and sample
material has struck a nice balance between personal narrative and
theory/research, I don’t see a need for changes. Len Sperry,MD,
PhD, Florida Atlantic University, and University of Wisconsin.
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