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The Study of Supershrinks: Development & Deliberate Practices of Highly Effective Psychotherapists Daryl Chow BSc (Psych), MA (Psych), PhD Candidate Registered Psychologist Specialist Psychological Outreach Team (SPOT), Australia. Institute of Mental Health , Singapore Member, Senior Associate & Trainer of International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE) 1

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The Study of Supershrinks: Development & Deliberate Practices of Highly Effective Psychotherapists

Daryl Chow BSc (Psych), MA (Psych), PhD Candidate

Registered PsychologistSpecialist Psychological Outreach Team (SPOT), Australia. Institute of Mental Health , Singapore

Member, Senior Associate & Trainer of International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE)

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A Community of Excellence

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Human Givens Practice Research Network (UK)

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Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, & Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship

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Development

Psychotherapy Outcomes

Expertise

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Practice Research Network (PRN) in UK

Study I

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treatment sites,

69 therapists, 4580 clients.

Rank Ordering of Therapists

1. Examine the proportion of client outcomes

attributable to the therapist, while controlling for

clients’ initial severity, and accounting for treatment

site variability.

Study II

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treatment sites,

17 therapists, 1632 clients.

2. Examine therapist predictors that account for client outcomes:

i. Therapist Characteristics

ii. Deliberate Practices (Taxonomy of Therapy Related Activities)

iii. The Use of Feedback

iv. Work Involvement & Professional Development

v. Self-Assessment of Effectiveness

vi. Therapist Mindsets

4 year archival data of therapist outcomes

MLM MLM

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Study I: Findings

• Therapist Effects: 5%

• Therapist gender and caseload not significant.

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STUDY I: Therapists Ranked Ordered

STUDY II

(T = 17; clients = 1632).

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Study II: Findings

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Therapist Demographics

{Experience}

{Gender}

{Age}

{Profession}

{Qualification}

not significant

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Therapist Characteristics:

• Caseloads and degree of

theoretical integration not

significant.

• 82.4% (n = 14) of the 17 therapists

viewed their therapeutic orientation as

eclectic or integrative.

Figure . Ratings of Therapeutic Orientation as Eclectic or Integrative

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Deliberate Practice

• Q.: “How many hours per week (on average) do you spend alone seriously engaging in activities related to improving your therapy skills in the current year?”

• Solitary practice: a significant predictor of the adjusted client outcome (B = -0.016,

SE = 0.007, t[1586] = 2.09, p = .037).

• Explained 15% of the total variance in the adjusted client outcome.

• “deliberate practice alone” is significantly correlated with “motivation to develop” (rs = 0.62, N = 14, p = .017, two-tailed).

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Deliberate Practice

Table __Amount of Time Spent on Deliberate Practice Alone Per Week Grouped into Quartiles Based on Therapists Adjusted Client Outcomes

Note. Groupings of therapists were based on the ranking of the complete 69 therapists cohort in Study I. 2 out of the 17 therapists in Study II did not complete this part of the questionnaire. N = number of therapists; M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation.

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Estimated Accumulation of Solitary Practice in the First 8 Years of Professional Practice

Figure . Therapists Grouped into Quartiles based on their Adjusted Scores as a function of their cumulative time spent on solitary practice in the first eight years of clinical practice.

Chow, D. L., Miller, S. D., Kane, B., Thornton, J. (n.d.): The Study of Supershrinks: Development and deliberate practices of highly effective psychotherapists (in preparation)

3rd Quartile (N=3)2nd Quartile (N=4)1st Quartile (N=7)

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Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. T., & Tesch-Romer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological Review, 100(3), 363-406.

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Taxonomy of Domain Related Activities

• Time Spent: 10 solitary therapy activities, 9 non-solitary therapy activities, & 5 non-therapy related activities.

• Only one out of the 24 activities was a significant predictor to client outcomes:

Self-care activities/tending to emotional needs (B= 0.007, SE = 0.003, t[1549] = 2.16, p = .031).

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Domain Related Activities Relevance Cognitive Effort

Ratings1. General clinical supervision as a supervisee (without review of Audio/Visual recordings of sessions. 6.92 7.46

2. Clinical Supervision as a supervisee (with review of Audio/Visual recordings of sessions). 4.10 5.30

3. Clinical Supervision as a supervisee (review of difficult/challenging cases and/or cases with nil improvement). 7.67 8.00 H

4. Live supervision provided during sessions (e.g., supervisor as co-therapist, one-way mirror/reflecting team, etc.) 3.40 L 5.80

5. Reading of journals pertaining to psychotherapy and counselling. 7.21 6.71

6. Reading/Re-reading of core counselling and therapeutic skills in psychotherapy. 6.55 6.00

7. Focused learning in specific model(s) of psychotherapy. 7.27 7.45

8. Reviewing therapy recordings alone. 4.00 4.40

9. Reviewing of therapy recordings with peers. 4.30 4.50

10. Reviewing difficult/challenging cases alone. 8.00 H 7.43

11. Attending training workshops for specific models of therapy. 8.00 H 8.25 H

12. Case discussion/ conceptualisation/ formulation with a mentor/clinical supervisor. 6.25 6.50

13. Mentally running through and reflecting on the past sessions in your mind. 8.20 H 7.13

14. Mentally running through and reflecting on what to do in future sessions. 8.40 H 7.07

15. Writing down your reflections of previous sessions. 7.92 6.92

16. Writing down your plans for future sessions. 7.00 6.15

17. Case discussion/ conceptualisation/ formulation with peers. 6.67 6.75

18. Viewing master therapist videos, with the aims of developing specific therapeutic skills as a therapist. 4.36 4.45

19. Reading case examples (e.g., narratives, transcripts, case studies). 4.33 4.92

20. Discussion of psychotherapy related subjects with contemporaries/peers/mentors. 6.85 5.69

21. Tending to self-care activities and emotional needs. 7.31 4.85

22. Socialising. 6.80 5.13

23. Exercising. 6.27 4.40

24. Rest (e.g., naps in the day, going for a walk, engaging in a non-therapeutic activity that is enjoyable) 7.40 4.13

25.Others (Please specify): 5.00 5.57

Grand Mean 6.41 6.04

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Deliberate Practice

• The significance of spending time engaging in solitary practice --> skills acquisition & maintenance.

• Pushing beyond the zone of proximal development (ZPD).

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The Use of FeedbackFeedback Activities

No. of Clients

(out of 10)

Confidence Ratings (0-10)

Relevance Ratings (0-10)

Cognitive Effort Ratings

(0-10)

(a) feedback formally elicited about the session (SRS)

3.2 9.08 6.46 3.85

(b) feedback informally elicited w/o the use of measures

5.87 8.86 8.71H 5.64

(c) surprised by clients’ feedback about the session

0.68 9.43 7.79 5.31

(d) Using formal feedback to compare and contrast my assessment with the client’s view of progress

6.07 9.79 8.36H 4.69

(e) perceiving client’s formal feedback as not credible. 0.61 8.55 5.36 2.33L

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Surprised by Client’s Feedback

• The number of times therapist was surprised by the client’s

feedback was a significant predictor (B = -0.134, SE = 0.038, t[1545] = -3.543, p < .

001).

• “Surprised by client’s feedback” explained about 62% of the

variance in the adjusted client outcome.

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Feedback

• Surprised by Clientsʼ Feedback: implicit of therapistsʼ openness, receptivity, and willingness to receive a vary of feedback.

• Hypercorrection Effect (e.g., Metcalfe & Finn, 2011):

• Concurring with De Jongʼs and colleagues (2012) study.

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Therapists’ Mindsets

Dweckʼs Mindset Theory (Fixed vs. Growth; 2006): did not predict client outcomes.

Dweck’s Mindset Theory

Fixed Growth

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Self-AssessmentsCURRENT ESTIMATED LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

• Perceived improvement.

• None of the current self-assessments variables were predictor of client outcomes in MLM.

• On average, therapists rated their current effectiveness around the 71st percentile (SD = 17.38).

• None of them rated below the 50th percentile.

• Half of them rated their current effectiveness at the 75th percentile and above.

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The Illusion of Validity

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“If the top therapists use X approach to therapy, i should too.”What a given top therapist do for DP, I should do the same.

Talking About vs. Getting Involved.

“I should just do solitary deliberate practice.”

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Working

Lifelong Apprenticeship

WorkingLearning RetiringL R

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Learning new psychotherapy

models

Modeling New Ways of Learning

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Command & Control Climate Control

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Clinical Practice Deliberate Practice

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Performing Learning

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Outcome Goals Process Goals

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Rate Predict&

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View of the Therapeutic Process

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Upcoming SPOT Blog

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