About the Book
Deliberate practice is a systematic approach for improving psychotherapy outcomes, one clinician at a time. This book offers guidance from leading experts in designing deliberate practice exercises specific to the individual practitioner.
Written to be used in conjunction with Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness, this field guide demonstrates how to collect and use client outcome data to create an individualized professional development plan to improve the quality of service. Along with providing guidance in understanding and mapping individual data onto the taxonomy for deliberate practice (TDPA), the expert chapter authors detail a number of factors that influence therapy outcomes, including client factors, therapist factors, client-therapist relationships, and more.
Field Guide to Better Results aims to assist therapists in further understanding and applying the concepts needed to gain more effective outcomes.
Table of Contents:
Expanded Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Bruce E. Wampold
A Personal Preface and Dedication
Scott D. Miller
Introduction: How to Use TheField Guide to Better Results
Scott D. Miller amp amp Mark A. Hubble
Chapter 1. Identifying Your "What" to Practice
Scott D. Miller amp amp Mark A. Hubble
Chapter 2. Identifying and Refining Your Individualized Learning Objective
Daryl Chow, Scott D. Miller, amp amp Mark A. Hubble
Chapter 3. Client Factors
Joshua K. Swift, Jesse Owen, and Scott D. Miller
Chapter 4. Therapist Factors
Helene A. Nissen-Lie, Erkki Heinonen, amp amp Jaime Delgadillo
5. Relationship Factors
John C. Norcross amp amp Christie P. Karpiak
6. Hope and Expectancy Factors
Michael J. Constantino, Heather J. Muir, Averi N. Gaines, amp amp Kimberly Ouimette
7. Structural Factors
Nicholas Oleen-Junk amp amp Noah Yulish
8. Habits: The Key to a Sustainable System of Deliberate Practice
Sam Malins, Scott D. Miller, Mark A. Hubble, amp amp Daryl Chow
9. The Last Chapter (but Not the Last Word) on Deliberate Practice
Sam Malins, Daryl Chow, Scott D. Miller, amp amp Mark A. Hubble
Appendix A: Taxonomy of Deliberate Practice Activities in Psychotherapy-Therapist Version (Version )
Appendix B: Taxonomy of Deliberate Practice Activities in Psychotherapy Exercise Guide
Index
About the Editors
About the Author :
Scott D. Miller, PhD, is the founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence-a consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. He conducts workshops and training in the US and abroad, helping hundreds of organizations both public and private achieve superior results. He writes and edits books and professional articles on the curative factors of psychotherapy and the development of expert performance. Scott's work on routine outcome management led to the development of Feedback Informed Treatment, an evidence-based practice in use around the world. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. Visit scottdmiller.com or iccexcellence.com.
Daryl Chow, PhD, is a practicing psychologist and trainer. He is a senior associate of the International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE). Daryl and colleagues published the first empirical study on deliberate practice in psychotherapy. His books include The First Kiss, and co-authored The Write to Recovery,Better Results and Creating Impact. His website and podcast Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development is aimed at inspiring and sustaining practitioner amp rsquo s professional and personal development. Originally from Singapore, he now maintains a private practice and lives with his wife and kids in Western Australia. Visit darylchow.com/frontiers.
Sam Malins, DClinPsy, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist working on the integration of physical and mental healthcare at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Nottingham. He works clinically in cancer care. His research focuses on ways to enhance psychological care across settings, often using digital technology. He is currently a National Institute for Health and Care Research Clinical Lecturer in the Integrated Clinical Academic Programme and is working on methods to help psychological therapists improve their effectiveness.
Mark A. Hubble, PhD, is a founding member and senior advisor at the International Center for Clinical Excellence. He is the co-author and co-editor of many professional papers and several books-including the bestselling, award winning first edition of The Heart and Soul of Change: What Works in Therapy. He formerly served on the editorial review board for the Journal of Systemic Therapies. His most recent work has focused on expert performance, deliberate practice, and the history and role of "magick" in psychotherapy. Mark is also a professional bass player. He lives in Danbury, Connecticut.
Review :
"Research shows that training in specific techniques and theories contributes little to effective psychotherapy outcomes. What are well-intentioned clinicians who want to improve their skills to do? Read The Field Guide to Better Results. This book offers readers a practical roadmap to making their sessions more successful and enjoyable while helping them grow as therapists (and as people). I highly recommend this book." - Paul J. Leslie, EdD, author of The Art of Creating a Magical Session: Key Elements for Transformative Psychotherapy
"One of the biggest questions facing practicing clinicians today is how to improve and to personalize psychological interventions based on the available research literature. This outstanding book will teach readers how to tackle this important task and how to develop their clinical skills further. It provides the necessary research basics as well as deliberate practice training examples to improve treatment options and make use of available monitoring tools. Comprehensive and fun to read, this volume helps to move the practice of psychological therapy forward." - Wolfgang Lutz, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.
"This field guide offers a user-friendly path on how to engage in deliberate practice in order to achieve better treatment outcomes. The authors provide detailed exercises on how to become more effective psychotherapists. Kudos!" - Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, Research Director of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment, Coral Gables, FL, United States
"An eminently original, engaging, and practical book that draws together the latest research findings to help therapists of all orientations improve their work. “Deliberate practice” is a major new innovation in the training and development of psychotherapists, and this field guide—written by leading figures in the psychotherapy world—provides unique, step-by-step guidance to applying its method and insights." - Mick Cooper, DPhil, Professor of Counselling Psychology, University of Roehampton, London, England
"This book has a wonderful combination of providing state-of-the-art scientific evidence on what makes therapists effective in understandable language, and hands-on exercises for clinicians to improve their effectiveness. It is truly unique in that sense!" - Kim de Jong, PhD, Senior Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, the Netherlands
