Join us for a special event featuring Dr. Tony Rousmaniere, who will be interviewed about the second edition of his book, Mastering the Inner Skills of Psychotherapy. Following the interview, members are invited to attend the IDPS AGM.
In this conversation, Dr. Rousmaniere will share his ideas and experience on how therapists can develop emotional capacity and make clinical use of their own inner life in psychotherapy. The discussion will be inspiring and practical for clinicians, supervisors, and trainees alike. There will also be time for Q&A, so we warmly welcome your questions.
This is a valuable opportunity to explore a topic at the heart of therapeutic effectiveness: the therapist’s moment-to-moment access to, regulation of, and proper use of their own reactions in psychotherapy. These capacities are considered both an important prerequisite and a powerful tool. They may involve modeling that the client’s reactions are tolerable, preventing us from acting on our own reactions, maintaining our ability to think flexibly, and retaining access to skills that we normally have but may lose under pressure.
As Dr. Rousmaniere’s work emphasizes, inner skills are not separate from technique. Rather, they are what enable therapists to use techniques effectively in the moment, especially in challenging interactions. In deliberate practice terms, they are both targets of training and enablers of practice.
Dr. Tony Rousmaniere is President and Program Director at Sentio University and past-President of the American Psychological Association. He has written a number of influential papers and books on DP, and has played a pivotal role in taking DP from theory to practice and to facilitate feasible application. In April 2026, the second edition of his book «Mastering the Inner Skills of Psychotherapy» was released. The International Deliberate Practice Society (IDPS) continues the legacy of Dr. Rousmaniere’s original DP Institute, supporting the development of psychotherapeutic skills through training, supervision, and clinical practice.
Stay for the IDPS Annual General Meeting
Following the interview, members are invited to attend the IDPS AGM. This is an opportunity to help shape how the society can best support the development of psychotherapeutic skills in training, supervision, and everyday practice.
We warmly invite you to join us for both parts of the evening.