September Newsletter
A lot is going on in our DP community. Deliberate practice has caught the attention of an increasing number of clinicians, clinics and faculties. In many corners of the world, our colleagues are developing and sharing resources and training experiences, to facilitate what is our common aim: Improving training to the benefit of our clients. The goal of the IDPS is to nurture this network and facilitate its activities. You are an important part of that, which is why we would like to keep you in the loop by sending you this newsletter.
Network
The IDPS now has members in 18 countries (🤩) on four continents! We have a lot of international interaction, sharing of resources, and training together in practice meetups etc. In Germany, a group is about to start translating the open source training aids the IDPS provides to German. Basic resources have been translated into numerous languages already. want to do the same in your country? Can’t see your star on the map? let us know!
Facebook group up and running
The IDPS Facebook group is up and running. This group is a joint space where professionals like you can ask questions, find practice buddies, share interesting DP content you have created and more! click the facebook icon below to join the discussion. Great content will be coming, check out this sweet intro to DP by the talented Bjorn Bell:
Sentio - a Deliberate Practice university!
Sentio University is a university founded on the fundamentals of deliberate practice. at sentio.org you will find open-source learning material including DP exercises and videos. Sentio opened their telehealth clinic Sentio Counseling Center last spring, and their first training cohort of graduate students and associates will start in September. Students will be provided with a comprehensive, year-long training program created by Drs. Tony Rousmaniere and Alex Vaz. Sentio is committed to measuring outcomes every step of the way. This will provide data on the effectiveness of training methods and clinical services. Congratulations to Sentio University and its fortunate students!
For information on upcoming Sentio workshops (on MI, and systematic family therapy) open to the public visit their website through the button below.
Upcoming workshops
11.00 Eastern Standard Time, 17.00 Central European Time.
In this meet-up, we will practice Empathic Affirmation and Validation. This is one of the basic skills in Emotion Focused Therapy and at the same time one of the most important skills in all therapy models. At the practice meet up we will focus on evocative moments where validation is necessary but often challenging. register here!
At conferences
A range of therapeutic communities are incorporating DP presentations in their programs. In April 2022, the Swedish DP coach Elisabet Rosén presented skill-building for therapists at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration´s (SEPI) international online conference. In September 2022, Anna-Majia Kokko (Finland) and Dan Sacks (Israel), both psychologists and certified DP coaches presented deliberate practice at the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Barcelona, Spain. In October 2022, Vidar M. Husby, Elisabet Rosén and Luca Rossi will lead a presentation and a pre-conference workshop at the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association´s conference in Venice, Italy. This reflects the growing interest in deliberate practice, not to mention its applicability across psychotherapy models. Make sure to let us know if you are reaching out in your own community!
Upcoming Online workshops
Several workshops are to be arranged between now and January:
Deliberate practice skills for detecting and repairing alliance ruptures (Western timezones).
Hosts: Elisabet Rosén and Vidar Husby.
Three-hour long workshop: 28 September, 10:00 AM (EDT/ EST). To register, please click here.
Deliberate practice skills for detecting and repairing alliance ruptures (Eastern timezones). This online workshop is identical to the one above but accommodated to time zones in the eastern hemisphere. Spoken language: English. You may practice in your own language. Date and Time: 29th of September, 2:00 PM (JST). To register, please click here.
Deliberate practice skills for responding to sexualized statements and behaviour in therapy. This workshop is also hosted by the IDPS. Date: December 2022, specific date TBA. To register, please contact Elisabet Rosén (er@danspsykologi.se) or Vidar Husby (vidar@favne.no).
Make your own workshops!
Remember that the IDPS is here to help you with your DP work. If you plan to present or do a workshop, please feel free to ask anyone in the community for experiences and resources such as slides and videos. There´s a lot of high-quality material around!
New DP articles
Check out this investigation of participants´ learnings from generic video exercises for multicultural humility! This research group has used free, open-source content to practice responding to culturally charged clinical material, manifesting how sharing open-source content may contribute to advancements. Find it here.
The German psychologist Arndt Linsenhoff is publishing his article on DP in the German journal Psychoterapeutenjournal these days. The PDF will be available on the IDPS website when published. In this article, he introduces the reader to DP, present applications, and emphasizes that DP has aspects that may be emotionally evocative and therefore has to be dealt with in a caring, subtle manner. Congratulations Arndt!
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