Full Description
This deliberate practice exercises in this concise clinical training manual give trainees an effective method for building competence in the common factors all therapists must master, while also developing skills fundamental to emotion-focused therapy (EFT).
Each exercise consists of role-playing scenarios that reflect problems and concerns commonly encountered by EFT practitioners. They are flexibly designed so trainees at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels benefit from careful supervision and guidance, gain insight without actually being in front of clients, and hone their personal therapeutic style.
Each of the first 2 exercises focuses on a single skill, such as responding empathically to clients or building therapist self-awareness. Two comprehensive exercises follow in which trainees integrate these essential skills into a single EFT session. Step-by-step instructions guide participants through the exercises, identify criteria for mastering each skill, and explain how to monitor and adjust difficulty. Guidelines to help trainers and trainees get the most out of training are also provided.
This book is accompanied by a companion website that features downloadable versions of the book's appendixes, including a deliberate practice reaction form, a guide for distinguishing between different types of empathic responses, and a sample syllabus: http://pubs.apa.org/books/supp/deliberate-practice.
Contents
Series Preface
Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz
Acknowledgments
Part I. Overview and Instructions
Chapter . Introduction to and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Emotion-Focused Therapy
Chapter 2. Instructions for the Emotion-Focused Therapy Deliberate Practice Exercises
Part II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Emotion-Focused Therapy Skills
Exercises for Beginner Emotion-Focused Therapy Skills
Exercise . Therapist Self-Awareness
Exercise 2. Empathic Understanding
Exercise 3. Empathic Affirmation and Validation
Exercise 4. Exploratory Questions
Exercises for Intermediate Emotion-Focused Therapy Skills
Exercise 5. Providing Treatment Rationale for Emotion-Focused Therapy
Exercise . Empathic Explorations
Exercise 7. Empathic Evocations
Exercise 8. Empathic Conjectures
Exercises for Advanced Emotion-Focused Therapy Skills
Exercise 9. Staying in Contact in the Face of Intense Affect
Exercise . Self-Disclosure
Exercise . Marker Recognition and Chair Work Task Setup
Exercise 2. Addressing Ruptures and Facilitating Repair
Comprehensive Exercises
Exercise 3. Annotated Emotion-Focused Therapy Practice Session Transcript
Exercise 4. Mock Emotion-Focused Therapy Sessions
Part III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice Exercises
Chapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice: Additional Guidance for Trainers and Trainees
Appendix A. Difficulty Assessments and Adjustments
Appendix B. Distinguishing Between Empathic Responses
Appendix C. Sample Emotion-Focused Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice Exercises
References
Index
About the Authors
