Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development Podcast by Daryl Chow, Ph.D‪.‬ Daryl Chow, MA, Ph.D.

We pay tribute to K. Anders Ericsson in today's episode. 

He is known by many to be "the expert on expertise." His work, along with his colleagues had a profound impact on a wide array of professional domains such as sports, music, chess, and more recently in the field of psychotherapy. His four decades worth of research also informed the hugely popular book by Malcolm Gladwell, Outlier. (Though the "10,000hr" rule thing got misrepresented by others).

I found myself telling this story to me kids some nights ago. I believe it's worth retelling here, especially in the current anxious climate surrounding the coronavirus.

After the story, I say a few words about why we need to express our heartfelt thanks to people behind the scenes in our healthcare.

And finally, news about our Deep Learner workshop, please giveaway of the audiobook version of my book. Promo code is given near the end of this episode.

In today's episode, we draw a distinction between "performing" and "learning," and what we can do to become deep learners.

For a video version of this episode, go to https://youtu.be/APLjlZJa3B0 

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Today, Dyson the company returns over $500 million in annual profits and employs nearly seven thousand people worldwide. Had the founder given up on the “bagless” vacuum cleaner idea, Dyson would be just another name.

Turns out, therapists have one critical thing to learn from James Dyson's innovation: Making progress visible.

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Also, listen at the end for a really important question from one of our listeners.

In this episode, I spell out 9 potential forces that will shape our future in the field of psychotherapy. If we are stay on the bleeding edge of not only our professional development, and also have an inkling where our field is going, you'd wanna tune to this episode.

If we were given a chance to reimagine education in psychotherapy, how might it look like? How would we design the learning process? What needs to change and evolve? In this episode, we discuss about two different approaches to educating psychotherapists: the banking model vs. the kindling model. Turns out, which path we take makes a huge difference.