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The Cycle of Excellence

Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Supervision and Training

 

Edited By

Tony Rousmaniere

Rodney K. Goodyear

Scott D. Miller

Bruce E. Wampold

 

 

 

 

 

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About the Editors

Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, is a psychologist in private practice in Seattle and a member of the clinical faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he also maintains a private practice. He is the author of Deliberate Practice for Psychotherapists: A Guide to Improving Clinical Effectiveness and coeditor of Using Technology for Clinical Supervision: A Practical Handbook (American Counseling Association Press, 2015). Dr. Rousmaniere provides clinical training and supervision to therapists around the world, with an emphasis on using deliberate practice to improve the effectiveness of clinical skill development.

Rodney K. Goodyear, PhD, received his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign. He is a professor at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California as well as emeritus professor of counseling psychology at the University of Southern California, and was the 2015 president of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. A major theme of his scholarship has been supervision and training of counselors and psychologists. Dr. Goodyear's book with Janine Bernard—Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision (Pearson, 2014)—is in its fifth edition and is arguably the most‐used supervision book in the world; he was a member of the American Psychological Association's task group that developed the APA's supervision guidelines; and he received the APA's 2015 award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Education and Training.

Scott D. Miller, PhD, is the founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence, an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller conducts workshops and training in the United States and elsewhere, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. He also is one of a handful of invited faculty whose work, thinking, and research are featured at the prestigious Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference. His humorous and engaging presentation style and command of the research literature consistently inspire practitioners, administrators, and policy makers to make effective changes in service delivery.

Bruce E. Wampold, PhD, is professor emeritus of counseling psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, director of the Research Institute at Modum Bad Psychiatric Center in Vikersund, Norway, and chief scientist of Theravue, an electronic platform for therapist consultation and improvement. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 12, 17, 29, 45) and is board certified in counseling psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is the author of over 200 books, chapters, and articles related to counseling, psychotherapy, statistics, and research methods and is the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research Award from the American Psychological Association and the Distinguished Research Career Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research.

Currently Dr. Wampold's work involves understanding counseling and psychotherapy from empirical, historical, and anthropological perspectives. His pursuit of evidence on psychotherapy has led to the application and development of sophisticated statistical methods to understand the complexities of the field. He has contributed to various areas related to psychotherapy, including the relative efficacy of various approaches, therapist effects, the therapeutic alliance, placebo effects in medicine and in psychotherapy, trajectories of change, multicultural competence, and expertise in psychotherapy. His analysis of empirical evidence, which led to the development of a contextual model from which to understand the benefits of counseling and psychotherapy, is found in The Great Psychotherapy Debate: The Evidence for How Psychotherapy Works (with Z. Imel, Routledge, 2015).

List of Contributors

Robbie Babins‐Wagner, PhD, RSW, is the chief executive officer of Calgary Counselling Centre and an adjunct professor and sessional instructor with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her research interests focus on domestic abuse and psychotherapy outcomes in community‐based, nonprofit mental health services. Robbie is a sought‐after conference presenter, locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally.

Nicholas Bach, MA, is a clinical psychology student at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. He has worked clinically in a private practice, public schools, a residential treatment facility, and a college counseling center. His research focuses on psychotherapy outcome, romantic relationships, religion and spirituality, and military active‐duty personnel and veterans.

Matt Barnard, MA Cantab, is the head of the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC). Before joining CORC, Matt was head of evaluation at the NSPCC, where he led one of the largest‐ever programs of evaluation and learning in the children's sector.

Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychology and Social Sciences at Penn State Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Her area of research focuses on religious and spiritual behaviors and mental health across diverse groups and on trainees' cultural competency as it relates to religious and spiritual identities.

Jenny Bloxham, MA, is the communications and influencing manager at the Child Outcomes Research Consortium in London. She has a wealth of experience working for children's education and health charities in both the United Kingdom and elsewhere, including Save the Children, the International Catholic Migration Commission, and the UN Refugee Agency. Jenny holds an undergraduate degree in modern European studies and a master's in communications, new media, governance, and democracy.

Norah A. Chapman, PhD, is an assistant professor at Spading University in Louisville, Kentucky. Her primary research interests are in evaluating components of psychotherapy process and outcome, both in person and via telepsychology, to develop evidence‐based practices that increase access to and the quality of mental health care among underserved populations.

Daryl Chow, PhD, is a senior associate and certified trainer with the International Center for Clinical Excellence, where he conducts research on deliberate practice and professional development for psychotherapists. He is currently based in Western Australia, working with a group of vibrant private practitioners (Specialist Psychological Outreach Team [SPOT]) located in Fremantle, WA. He is a coeditor of and contributing author to the book The Write to Recovery: Personal Stories & Lessons About Recovery from Mental Health Concerns and is coauthor of Reach: Pushing Your Clinical Performance to the Next Level with Scott Miller, PhD (forthcoming).

Kate Dalzell, MA, is practice lead at the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) and head of innovation and dissemination at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, both located in London. Kate has worked in service development in local authority and health contexts for over 10 years, in particular in applying data‐driven approaches to embed a focus on outcomes and in supporting cross‐sector collaboration to address local needs.

Marc J. Diener, PhD, is an associate professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University Post, and he maintains a part‐time independent practice. His program of research examines personality assessment as well as psychotherapy process and outcome. His publications have focused on attachment, psychotherapy technique, psychotherapy outcome, supervision, application of meta‐analytic methodology, and self‐report and performance‐based measures of personality.

Joanna M. Drinane, MEd, is a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at the University of Denver, Colorado. Her areas of interest include psychotherapy process and outcome research. More specifically, she studies therapist effects, multicultural orientation, mental health disparities, and the ways in which culture influences the therapeutic relationship.

Simon B. Goldberg, BA, is a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a psychology intern at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound, Seattle Division. His research program is focused on common and specific factors at play in psychological interventions. He has a particular emphasis on mindfulness‐based interventions and quantitative research methods.

Mark J. Hilsenroth, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, and the primary investigator of the Adelphi University Psychotherapy Project. His areas of professional interest include personality assessment, training/supervision, psychotherapy process and treatment outcomes. In addition, he is currently editor of the American Psychological Association Division 29 journal Psychotherapy, and he maintains a part‐time clinical practice.

Mark A. Hubble, PhD, grew up near Baltimore, Maryland, bodysurfing the cold waters of the Atlantic. Currently he works as a psychologist and national consultant. An accomplished writer and editor, Mark has published numerous articles and is coauthor of The Heart and Soul of Change, Escape from Babel, Psychotherapy with “Impossible” Cases, and The Handbook of Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy.

Jenna Jacob, MSc, is the research lead for the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC). Her particular research interests are in personalized care and outcomes for children and families, which includes goal setting and tracking as part of shared decision making.

Emma Karwatzki, D.Clin.Psy., is a clinical psychologist working in Hertfordshire, UK. She has worked as a clinician and supervisor in child mental health services for over 10 years and trains clinical psychologists.

Duncan Law, D.Clin.Psy., is a consultant clinical psychologist at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families in London and director of MindMonkey Associates (www.mindmonkeyassociates.com). In addition, he is an honorary senior lecturer at University College London and a founder member of the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) in London.

Kate Martin, MA, is founder and director of Common Room Consulting Ltd, a consultancy led by lived experience, which connects the views and expertise of children, young people, researchers, and practitioners to promote collaborative practice across disability, health, and mental health.

William C. McGaghie, PhD, is professor of medical education and professor of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. His area of research interest focuses on the use of medical simulation coupled with deliberate practice and mastery learning to produce translational medical education outcomes.

John McLeod, PhD, holds positions at the University of Oslo, Norway, and the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin. He has extensive experience as a counselor, supervisor, trainer, and researcher. His many publications include these books: Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Mental Health Practitioners, published by Open University Press, and Using Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy, published by Sage.

Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, is distinguished professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and is currently research director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention in Miami, FL (www.melissainstitute.com). He is one of the founders of cognitive behavioral therapy, and he specializes in trauma and resilience. (Please see www.roadmaptoresilience.org.)

Greg J. Neimeyer, PhD, is professor emeritus at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he has served as a faculty member, director of training, and graduate coordinator. With over 200 publications in the areas of counseling and professional development, he has been recognized by the American Psychological Association with its Award for Outstanding Research in Career and Personality Psychology.

Jesse J. Owen, PhD, is an associate professor and chair of the Counseling Psychology Department at the University of Denver in Colorado. He is also a licensed psychologist and has a private practice in Denver. His research and practice interest includes psychotherapy process and outcome with a specific emphasis on multicultural processes and therapist expertise.

Benjamin Ritchie, MSc, is the lead of Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) Informatics, which supports CORC's member services and central team in processing and managing large data sets. He has particular experience in the fields of data handling and information governance. His current work with partnerships of organizations in the health, education, and social care sectors aims to link data sources in order to allow service‐user outcomes to be considered from different perspectives.

Jennifer M. Taylor, PhD, is an assistant professor of counseling psychology and counseling at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Her research interests include professional competence, continuing education, lifelong learning, continuing professional development, and mentoring. She serves as the chair of the Continuing Education Committee for the American Psychological Association and is the coeditor of  Continuing Professional Development and Lifelong Learning: Issues, Impacts, and Outcomes (Nova Science, 2012).

Isabelle Whelan, MA, is a research editor with 10 years' experience working in research communication and international development.

Miranda Wolpert, D.Clin.Psy., is founder and director of the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), the UK's leading membership organization that collects and uses evidence to improve the mental health and well‐being of children and young people, and professor of evidence‐based practice and research at University College London. She is committed to understanding how best to support and evaluate effective service delivery to promote resilience and meet children's and young people's mental health needs.

Part I
The Cycle of Excellence