Learn Psychotherapy Sentio University
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The first podcast to demonstrate the foundational skills of psychotherapy and let you practice along to develop your abilities.
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S1: Common Factors | Introducing the Common Factors
A conversation with Dr. Alexandre Vaz and Dr. Tony Rousmaniere about the common factors of psychotherapy and how to use deliberate practice to develop clinical expertise.
Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for every episode. Have fun, and happy learning! -
S1: Common Factors | E1: Empathic Understanding
Skill Criteria:
Make a statement that reflects back the client’s underlying internal experience in different language. Use a tone that is tentative and exploratory.
Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for this episode. To start the practice section, skip ahead to 23:27.
Instructions: We encourage you to learn by trying this skill yourself. Pause the episode after each client statement and try to improvise a response that meets the skill criteria and feels authentic to you. Have fun, and happy learning! -
S1: Common Factors | E2: Collaborative Goal Setting
Skill Criteria:
Begin with a short response, reflection, or validating comment. Invite the client’s input on the goals of therapy, focusing on goals that are specific and actionable.
Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for this episode. To start the practice section, skip ahead to 25:40.
Instructions: We encourage you to learn by trying this skill yourself. Pause the episode after each client statement and try to improvise a response that meets the skill criteria and feels authentic to you. Have fun, and happy learning! -
S1: Common Factors | E3: Reflecting Client Strengths and Resources
Skill Criteria:
Validate the client’s perspective. Point out the strengths and/or resources communicated in the client statement. Invite the client into a dialogue about the identified strengths and/or resources.
Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for this episode. To start the practice section, skip ahead to 29:29.
Instructions: We encourage you to learn by trying this skill yourself. Pause the episode after each client statement and try to improvise a response that meets the skill criteria and feels authentic to you. Have fun, and happy learning! -
S1: Common Factors | E4: Soliciting Client Feedback
Skill Criteria:
Begin with a short response, reflection, or validating comment. Ask the client for feedback about some aspect of therapy that is related to the subject of the client statement.
Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for this episode. To start the practice section, skip ahead to 26:52.
Instructions: We encourage you to learn by trying this skill yourself. Pause the episode after each client statement and try to improvise a response that meets the skill criteria and feels authentic to you. Have fun, and happy learning! -
S1: Common Factors | E5: Responding to Therapeutic Ruptures
Skill Criteria:
Express appreciation for the client’s disclosure. Convey empathy, validation, and/or accountability. Respond with a question or statement that invites the client to discuss their subjective experience related to the rupture.
Thanks for joining us to develop your therapy skills just a little bit beyond where they were yesterday. Visit Sentio University to download the client statements, sample responses, and skill criteria for this episode. To start the practice section, skip ahead to 34:41.
Instructions: We encourage you to learn by trying this skill yourself. Pause the episode after each client statement and try to improvise a response that meets the skill criteria and feels authentic to you. Have fun, and happy learning!
Customer Reviews
Very Helpful
Please please please upload another season. Of all the podcasts I have listened to, this series is so practical and provides actionable ideas and insight. Thank you for making this series 🙏🏽
When do we get more!?
Thank you for introducing me to deliberate practice. I want more so badly, even repeats of topics like empathic statements but with different scenarios. Pretty please!
Fantastic Learning Tool
I really appreciate the structure, feedback, and tools given in this podcast. Really well done and helpful!