S1: Common Factors | E6: Therapist Self-Disclosure
Skill Criteria:
Begin with a short response, reflection, or validating comment.
Briefly share something about yourself in response to the client statement that is designed to benefit the client.
Invite further exploration of the topic being discussed in a way that shifts the focus back to the client.
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 23:32.
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!
18 Apr 2022
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!
18 Apr 2022
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!
18 Apr 2022
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!
18 Apr 2022
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!
18 Apr 2022
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!
18 Apr 2022
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!
1 Mar 2022
Episode 0: Welcome to the Learn Psychotherapy Podcast
An introduction to Learn Psychotherapy, including instructions for how to get the most out of this podcast.
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!
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