Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development Podcast by Daryl Chow, Ph.D.

In the 1950s, A fairly unusual be-spectacled and slender Lieutenant Gilbert Daniels was tasked to solve one of the biggest problems in the US Air Force: Plane crashes. What he unravelled in the process holds a unique lesson for psychotherapists, and why we have been failing to implement and scale "evidence-based" practices as we try to fit the "average person" instead of the individual. This is a...

We pay tribute to K. Anders Ericsson in today's episode.  He is known by many to be "the expert on expertise." His work, along with his colleagues had a profound impact on a wide array of professional domains such as sports, music, chess, and more recently in the field of psychotherapy. His four decades worth of research also informed the hugely popular book by Malcolm Gladwell,  Outlier.  (Though...

I found myself telling this story to me kids some nights ago. I believe it's worth retelling here, especially in the current anxious climate surrounding the coronavirus. After the story, I say a few words about why we need to express our heartfelt thanks to people behind the scenes in our healthcare. Plus, why we must support our local communities and businesses when this comes to pass. And finall...

"I spent half of my life lost in an education system that pushed for results and performance... and failed.. Even when I Began to perform well in undergrad and so on, I wasn't learning ; I was performing ." In today's episode, we draw a distinction between "performing" and "learning," and what we can do to become deep learners. For a video version of this episode, go to https://youtu.be/APLjlZJa3B...

No manufacturing company in the US and UK was initially willing to license his vacuum cleaner.  James Dyson was laughed at for designing a transparent vacuum cleaner that showed all the filth it sucked up.  Today, Dyson the company returns over $500 million in annual profits and employs nearly seven thousand people worldwide. Had the founder given up on the “bagless” vacuum cleaner idea, Dyson wou...

"The actual path of a raindrop as it goes down the valley is unpredictable, but the general direction is inevitable."~ Kevin Kelly. In this episode, I spell out 9 potential forces that will shape our future in the field of psychotherapy. If we are stay on the bleeding edge of not only our professional development, and also have an inkling where our field is going, you'd wanna tune to this episode....

  If we were given a chance to reimagine education in psychotherapy, how might it look like? How would we design the learning process? What needs to change and evolve? In this podcast episode, we discuss about two different approaches to educating psychotherapists: the banking model vs. the kindling model. Turns out, which path we take makes a huge difference.  For the blog version of this episode...

Frontiers Radio is a podcast for psychotherapists who value deep learning and individualized development that translates to better results with the people you aspire to improve. On the show, you'd acquire cutting edge knowledge that pushes beyond the edge of your development. Deliberate practice principles are pulled together from the studies of expertise and expert performance in a variety of pro...