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The episode discusses the importance of deliberate practice in training therapists with insights from experts in the field.

On the podcast today we have Dr. Tony Rousmaniere, Rocky Allemandi and Olivia Ng from Sentio University. Resources for Deliberate Practice: Sentio University Free Resources on DP: https://sentio.org/innovation DP exercises from Sentio University: https://sentio.org/dpexercises DP research articles: https://sentio.org/dpresearch Sentio Youtube Channel Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/@sentiochannel/playlists Published Books on Deliberate Practice in Various Therapy Modalities by the APA: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/browse?query=title:D Asynchronous course on Deliberate Practice: https://darylchowcourses.teachable.com/p/dpforbetterresults Participant Bios: Tony Rousmaniere, Psy.D. is the President of Sentio University, and the Executive Director of the Sentio Counseling Center. He is also Past-President of the psychotherapy division of the American Psychological Association, and the author of over 20 books on Deliberate Practice and psychotherapy training, including the book series The Essentials of Deliberate Practice (APA Books). In 2017 he published the widely cited article in The Atlantic Monthly, “What your therapist doesn’t know”. Dr. Rousmaniere supports the "open data"…

People in this episode

Guests: Dr. Tony Rousmaniere, Rocky Allemandi, Olivia Ng

Topics covered

• Deliberate Practice
• Therapist Training
• Psychotherapy
• Education
• Clinical Outcomes

Keywords

• Deliberate Practice
• Therapist Training
• Psychotherapy
• Sentio University
• Clinical Outcomes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sentio University, American Psychological Association, Sentio Counseling Center

Books & works: The Essentials of Deliberate Practice, What your therapist doesn’t know

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