Frontiers Friday #85. Client's Point of View (Part II) ⭕
Frontiers Friday #85. Client's Point of View (Part II)
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns for the mistakes of others.” ~ Attributed to Otto von Bismarck.
Last week, we looked at a bunch of interesting questions from clients' perspective of therapy (In case you missed it, here it is: ).
You might need more than 4 hours to cover all of this week's recommendations, but if you have yet to hear about Very Bad Therapy podcast, please do yourself a favor and listen to my colleagues Carrie Wiita and Ben Fineman and their guests on their show on VBT.
Ben and Carrie also guest-posted on Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development blog 2 years ago. They shared about "4 Lessons from 20 Weeks of Very Bad Therapy" (just to be clear, it's not 20 weeks of going through bad therapy, but of hosting the podcat VBT).
Here's the 4 points that Ben and Carrie highlighted:
I. Clients experience significant barriers to providing honest feedback about the therapeutic relationship.
II. Therapeutic ruptures can be helpful, but only if they are repaired.
III. Bad therapy is often nonverbal.
IV. Clients will keep coming back even when therapy has harmful effects.
For more, read their reflection.
What's really insightful of their podcast format is that you get to hear real clients speaking about their experiences, and they also pair that up with a professional to unpack that.
If you have not heard VBT yet, I highly recommend a handful of episodes to check out:
Episode 78 - Very Bad Couples Therapy (with Dr. Bonnie Kennan)
Episode 61 - What Heals Trauma? (with Chrissy Gillmore, MCoun)
Good Friday Additions:
I. Episodes of VBT on my "to listen" list:
a. Episode 83 - Drive-Thru DBT (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
b. Episode 82 - Predatory Therapists (with Dr. Diane Gehart)
c. Episode 65 - When Treatment Fails (with Henk Spierings)
II. Two podcast episodes that I was a guest:
a. Episode 45 - VBT in Focus: Dr. Scott Miller and Dr. Daryl Chow on Deliberate Practice
b. Episode 11 - The Intake Process is a Mess (with Dr. Daryl Chow)
III. Podcast app that I use: Snipd
Long-time readers will notice that I scout around a bit for simple and elegant tech solutions. I've played around with several podcast players, but Snipd has been a game-changer for me. Why? You get to highlight text notes as it spits out transcrips, AND, I get to export it directly to my "Personalised Learning System (PLS)" note-taking app, Obsidian (For more on Obsidian, check out a 4-part video series I did on this).
This really helps my learning process, as the audio files are auto-magically converted to text, making the notes easily searchable.
⏸ Words Worth Contemplating:
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
~ Niels Bohr , Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
p/s: Happy Easter to all on their Frontier.
Reflection:
As you listen to some of the Very Bad Therapy podcast episodes, what is significant to you? What stands out?
What are some "notes to self" you'd want to make, so that you do not forget some fundamental lessons?
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