Deliberate Practice in Emotion-Focused Therapy (Essentials of Deliberate Practice Series)

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 m