Deliberate Practice in Emotion-Focused Therapy

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 12 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.

Table of Contents:
Series Preface Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz Acknowledgments Part I. Overview and Instructions Chapter 1. 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 1. 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 6. 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 10. Self-Disclosure Exercise 11. Marker Recognition and Chair Work Task Setup Exercise 12. Addressing Ruptures and Facilitating Repair Comprehensive Exercises Exercise 13. Annotated Emotion-Focused Therapy Practice Session Transcript Exercise 14. 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