Frontiers Friday #142. Random Currents ⭕️

A new podcast interview on the lifespan of a therapist's career development, our 2nd free-to-access live webinar, features on another YouTube channel, and a new post. (Phew).

Every now and then, Frontiers Friday takes a turn to random and timely stuff. This week, some new stuff from my desk and more.

See previous Random Currents:

Frontiers Friday #92. Random Currents ⭕

Frontiers Friday #83. Random currents

Frontiers Friday #82. Random currents

Frontiers Friday #37. Random Currents

Frontiers Friday #142 Five Recommendations

1. 🎧 Listen: Podcast Interview on the Career Development of a Psychotherapist

   Psykoterapeuters utveckling under en karriär

   Conducted by Sweden’s psychologist Osama Salim, this conversation spans a wide range of areas regarding the lifespan of our career development, including
   
   - What is the state of professional development for psychotherapists today?
   - How did it get to here? What factors contributed to this situation?

   - What can one do instead?
   - What are some obstacles or problems in implementation to look out for?
   
   I’ve tried to cover grounds and address potholes on 5 different levels:
   - School level
   - Practice level
   - Supervision level
   - Training level
   - Personal level.
   
   Osame, big thanks for the thoughtful questions, the work that you do, and the ongoing friendship.
   
   Sidenote #1: Osame and his colleagues did a really interesting “The development of facilitative interpersonal skills during 5-year psychology training programs: a cross-sectional study.” The details are useful, so request for this paper on ResearchGate if you are interested.
   
   Sidenote #2: Wanna listen to this episode in your favorite podcast app instead? Copy this RSS feed and paste it in. I use Snipd because I can save transcriptions and easily export it to my notes in Obsidian where I manage my entire Personalised Learning System (PLS).)
   
   

2. 📽 Watch: From Private Practice Skills YouTube
   Hat tip to Elena Yee for pointing this out in our Deliberate Practice course.
   
   Erm, I wasn’t a little taken aback.
   
   I found myself curling into my chair as she was scrolling through my archive on Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD) (“Oh gosh, I hope she doesn’t spot a typo!”). Plus, looking back more than a year or so is painful, as I cringe at some of my past writings.
   
   …But anyway, thanks for spreading the word, Marie, (I don’t know Dr. Marie Fang, who runs this youtube channel, Private Practice Skills. Worth checking out.)
   
   Finally, I’m especially grateful that she pointed out the value of developing a Personalised Learning System (PLS). I hope more therapists develop this wealth of their own deep learnings over time.

   
   

3. 📽 Watch: The 2nd Live Webinar on the Field Guide to Better Results
   

   Here’s the second live webinar Scott Miller and I did for the first 100 people to buy the "Field Guide to Better Results."
   We talk at length about the findings reported from chapters 3 and 5 on "client factors" and "relationship factors," respectively, and the value of thinking in principles.
   
   For more on first principles, see the FPD archive.

   

   
   If you missed the first webinar, here is the link.
   
   (Message to you: If you’ve read the book, may we ask for your help to leave a review, so that others who are new to the ideas have your perspective on it. Thanks.)
   
   

4. 📝 From My (Other) Desk, FullCircles: Honour Thy Shell

   Honour Thy Shell

5. ⏸️ Words Worth Contemplating:

   “Hiding is a way of staying alive. Hiding is a way of holding ourselves until we are ready to come into the light.”

   ~ David Whyte, Consolations.

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Reflection

In this current season of your life, is this a period to “Approach” or to “Retreat”?

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Warm Welcome to New Folks on Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD)

If you are new here, I just want to say a big hello to you and would love to hear from you. Tell me a bit about you and the challenges you face in your development.

Click here to see more details and the archive listed by topics: Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development and Frontiers Friday.

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Daryl Chow Ph.D. is the author of The First Kiss, co-author of Better Results, and The Write to Recovery, Creating Impact, and the new book The Field Guide to Better Results .