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

This is a podcast version of a previous Substack post.If you like to read the article instead, click here:Clinical Experience Matters, Yet It Doesn't TransferYou an also watch a video version of this: https://youtu.be/0-PtizeTVa4Timestamps:00:00 Introduction – Does clinical experience improve outcomes?00:46 Goldberg's study: outcomes decline with experience01:27 The new 2026 Saadet Zumbul and Dennis Kivlighan study02:25 Between-person vs. within-person analysis04:35 How Zumbul and Kivlighan's measured "experience" differently07:42 Key findings09:01 Why these findings differ from prior research10:53 The critical finding: experience didn't transfer between clients15:57 Haskell's Training vs. Education17:11 Coaching for performance vs. coaching for development19:43 Haskell's six levels of transfer of learning25:41 The Myth of Experience26:19 Wicked vs. Kind Learning Environments28:43 What the researchers concluded30:51 Upcoming workshop in Perth, 26-27 Nov 2026 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

How do we organise ourselves within the therapy hour, so that we can create an impactful session for our client?In this podcast episode, we take a leaf from Module 8 of the Structure and Impact Course.If you are seeking to better structure your therapy sessions beyond the confines of specific therapy models, this online course is for you.The new cohort of ​Structure and Impact​ is now open for registration.Start Date: 27th of Apr 26, Monday.Closing Date: 24th of April 2026.Format: 1 new in-depth section for four weeks.https://darylchowcourses.teachable.com/p/structureThe course is designed to be a combination of learning with a community + self-paced, along with a life-time access to the entire content, discussion, and updates.As subscribers to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD), you receive a special 10% discount.At checkout, enter the following promo code: FPD10BONUSES: 1. Full Access to the course on Feedback-Informed Treatment called Measured.2. Exclusive invite to a live virtual meeting with alumni of Structure and Impact course.Timstamp:[02:07min]: ACT I: How We Begin. The differences between The Meanderer, The Rigid Behaviourist, and the Focused.[11:20min]: ACT II: How We Go Deeper. The differences between The Wanderer, The Overwhelmed, and The Deep Sea Diver.[19:15min]: ACT III: How WE Close. The differences between The Abrupt, The Teacher, and The Resonator[26:18min]: The Shadow Sides of StructureRelated:- Seven Common Challenges in Creating Structure- Thinking in Thirds (Parts I, II, III)---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus, you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

Here are the final Parts III to VI of HomeKit that are made freely available to you. HomeKit is the first ‘whisper-in-your-ear’ audio companion to help you get unstuck in sticky situations. The topics covered in this episode are Discipline, Expressing Love, Procrastination, and Stress.Each of the lessons consists of1. An introduction2. Three strategies3. Three rationales---TIMESTAMPS:[2:50] Discipline The amateurs have goals. And the pros have a system. A system is how discipline looks like.[13:55] Expressing Love"To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.” — Thich Nhat Hanh[24:44] Procrastination Procrastination happens when we are facing something important on the outside that elicits anxiety on the inside, beckoning us with the question, 'Can you face your own frontier?'[33:18] Stress"Stress is a perverted relationship with time." -- John O'Donahue---ONE MORE DAY LEFT to use the special promo 25% off promo code: FULLCIRCLESVIPTo sign up for a HomeKit, go to darylchow.com/homekit---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

Here is Part II of HomeKit, the first ‘whisper-in-your-ear’ audio companion to help you get unstuck in sticky situations. The topic today is on Assertiveness.Each of the lessons consists of1. An introduction2. Three strategies3. Three rationales---AssertivenessAssertiveness is an act of lessening the divide between what’s on the inner and outer-life. Because the life that is inside needs to be heard on the outside.Here’s How:1. What do I really want? What do I really like?2. Make sure your Yes on the outside is not a No on the inside.3. Strength and Warmth.Here’s Why:1. Assertiveness is a form of Truth-telling.2. Be divided no more.3. The real challenge for people who are highly agreeably and compassionate.Listen to the end of the podcast episode for a special promo code. FOUR DAYS LEFT!To sign up for a HomeKit, go to darylchow.com/homekit---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

In the next six podcast episodes, I will give you six of the ‘whisper-in-your-ear’ complete lessons from HomeKit, the first audio kit to help you get unstuck in sticky situations.Here are the six topics:1. Anxiety2. Assertiveness3. Discipline4. Expressing Love5. Procrastination6. StressEach of the lessons consists ofI. An introductionII. Three strategiesIII. Three rationales---Today, we will start with Anxiety.AnxietyWhat is anxiety?Anxiety is experiencing failure... in advance.Here’s How:1. To recompose...back into your body (listen to the experiential exercise in the audio).2. Convert Anxiety into Fear.3. Convert your worrying into planning.Here’s Why:1. To Worry = To ‘Strangulate’. Travelling at the speed of light causes anxiety. Learn to travel at the speed of life.2. Dealing with anxiety can sometimes feel too vague and nebulous, like catching clouds. By converting it into fear, you name it and have a better chance of healing it.3. Worries goes in circles; planning goes in an intentional direction.For more on Homekit, go to darylchow.com/homekit---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com