Jordan Bawks, MD, is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto Psychiatry Residency program, and now works as a general adult psychiatrist at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, with a special interest in psychotherapy education and therapeutic communication. He is a post-academic Candidate at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. During his psychiatric residency he was a core member of the PsychEd Podcast (psychedpodcast.org) and received several teaching awards, including the Resident Psychiatric Educator Award with the Association for Academic Psychiatry. Shelley McMain, Ph.D., is the Head of the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic and a Clinician Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada. She is the Director of the Psychotherapy, Humanities and Psychosocial Interventions Division and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. She is the Past-President for the Society for Psychotherapy Research. She is currently the President of the transitional board of the World Federation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Dr. McMain has published more than 85 articles and book chapters in respected scientific journals including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Biological Psychiatry mainly on borderline personality disorder, dialectical behaviour therapy, emotion dysregulation, and predictors and mechanisms psychotherapy outcome. She has received several international awards for her psychotherapy research as well as various teaching awards. Dr. Sonley MD is a lecturer and fulltime clinician teacher at the University of Toronto. Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, is President of Sentio University, which hosts the first online/hybrid MFT program in California approved by the BBS to integrate Deliberate Practice and AI methodology. Dr. Rousmaniere is a past president of APA Division 29 and the author/co-editor of numerous texts, including Elsevier’s Advanced Therapeutics series and the APA Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. Additionally, Dr. Rousmaniere is Executive Director at the Sentio Counseling Center, and leads Sentio’s BBS-approved supervisor training program for California clinicians.Alexandre Vaz, PhD, is Chief Academic Officer of Sentio University, which provides an online/hybrid MFT program in California. This program is recognized as the first MFT training curriculum approved by the California BBS to systematically integrate Deliberate Practice and Artificial Intelligence into clinical education. Dr. Vaz is a leading expert in psychotherapy training and serves as the co-editor of Elsevier’s Advanced Therapeutics series and the APA Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. He provides academic oversight for university’s BBS-approved supervisor training program for licensed California clinicians.

*4 stars* "The book describes different exercises to help clinicians of any theoretical orientation or clinical role... [A] book to help mental health professionals and trainees achieve competency through methods of deliberate practice (DP)... The book is easy to read, and the exercises are excellent. [A]n excellent look at the basic skills that therapists should possess, no matter what their philosophical tradition is. The exercises underlying these skills are very practical." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)

• Part I. 1. Overview of this book 2. Instructions for the deliberate practice exercises Part II. Deliberate practice exercises Exercise #1: Empathic validation Exercise #2: Affirmation and building Exercise # 3: Goal setting Exercise #4: Promoting change talk Exercise #5: Working with problematic thoughts Exercise #6: Exploring emotional experience Exercise #7: Using behaviors to change emotion Exercise #8: Coaching emotionally dysregulated patients Exercise #9: Responding to suicidal ideation and behavior Exercise #10: Communicating personal limits Exercise #11: Repairing relationship ruptures Exercise #12: Clinician self-awareness Exercise #13: Mock sessions Part 3. Additional resources 3. Sample syllabus with embedded deliberate practice exercises 4. Taking the next step: Resources for further study

Jordan Bawks, MD, is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto Psychiatry Residency program, and now works as a general adult psychiatrist at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, with a special interest in psychotherapy education and therapeutic communication. He is a post-academic Candidate at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. During his psychiatric residency he was a core member of the PsychEd Podcast (psychedpodcast.org) and received several teaching awards, including the Resident Psychiatric Educator Award with the Association for Academic Psychiatry. Shelley McMain, Ph.D., is the Head of the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic and a Clinician Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada. She is the Director of the Psychotherapy, Humanities and Psychosocial Interventions Division and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. She is the Past-President for the Society for Psychotherapy Research. She is currently the President of the transitional board of the World Federation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Dr. McMain has published more than 85 articles and book chapters in respected scientific journals including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Biological Psychiatry mainly on borderline personality disorder, dialectical behaviour therapy, emotion dysregulation, and predictors and mechanisms psychotherapy outcome. She has received several international awards for her psychotherapy research as well as various teaching awards. Dr. Sonley MD is a lecturer and fulltime clinician teacher at the University of Toronto. Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, is President of Sentio University, which hosts the first online/hybrid MFT program in California approved by the BBS to integrate Deliberate Practice and AI methodology. Dr. Rousmaniere is a past president of APA Division 29 and the author/co-editor of numerous texts, including Elsevier’s Advanced Therapeutics series and the APA Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. Additionally, Dr. Rousmaniere is Executive Director at the Sentio Counseling Center, and leads Sentio’s BBS-approved supervisor training program for California clinicians.Alexandre Vaz, PhD, is Chief Academic Officer of Sentio University, which provides an online/hybrid MFT program in California. This program is recognized as the first MFT training curriculum approved by the California BBS to systematically integrate Deliberate Practice and Artificial Intelligence into clinical education. Dr. Vaz is a leading expert in psychotherapy training and serves as the co-editor of Elsevier’s Advanced Therapeutics series and the APA Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. He provides academic oversight for university’s BBS-approved supervisor training program for licensed California clinicians.

*4 stars* "The book describes different exercises to help clinicians of any theoretical orientation or clinical role... [A] book to help mental health professionals and trainees achieve competency through methods of deliberate practice (DP)... The book is easy to read, and the exercises are excellent. [A]n excellent look at the basic skills that therapists should possess, no matter what their philosophical tradition is. The exercises underlying these skills are very practical." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)

• Part I. 1. Overview of this book 2. Instructions for the deliberate practice exercises Part II. Deliberate practice exercises Exercise #1: Empathic validation Exercise #2: Affirmation and building Exercise # 3: Goal setting Exercise #4: Promoting change talk Exercise #5: Working with problematic thoughts Exercise #6: Exploring emotional experience Exercise #7: Using behaviors to change emotion Exercise #8: Coaching emotionally dysregulated patients Exercise #9: Responding to suicidal ideation and behavior Exercise #10: Communicating personal limits Exercise #11: Repairing relationship ruptures Exercise #12: Clinician self-awareness Exercise #13: Mock sessions Part 3. Additional resources 3. Sample syllabus with embedded deliberate practice exercises 4. Taking the next step: Resources for further study

Jordan Bawks, MD, is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto Psychiatry Residency program, and now works as a general adult psychiatrist at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, with a special interest in psychotherapy education and therapeutic communication. He is a post-academic Candidate at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. During his psychiatric residency he was a core member of the PsychEd Podcast (psychedpodcast.org) and received several teaching awards, including the Resident Psychiatric Educator Award with the Association for Academic Psychiatry. Shelley McMain, Ph.D., is the Head of the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic and a Clinician Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada. She is the Director of the Psychotherapy, Humanities and Psychosocial Interventions Division and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. She is the Past-President for the Society for Psychotherapy Research. She is currently the President of the transitional board of the World Federation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Dr. McMain has published more than 85 articles and book chapters in respected scientific journals including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Biological Psychiatry mainly on borderline personality disorder, dialectical behaviour therapy, emotion dysregulation, and predictors and mechanisms psychotherapy outcome. She has received several international awards for her psychotherapy research as well as various teaching awards. Dr. Sonley MD is a lecturer and fulltime clinician teacher at the University of Toronto. Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, is President of Sentio University, which hosts the first online/hybrid MFT program in California approved by the BBS to integrate Deliberate Practice and AI methodology. Dr. Rousmaniere is a past president of APA Division 29 and the author/co-editor of numerous texts, including Elsevier’s Advanced Therapeutics series and the APA Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. Additionally, Dr. Rousmaniere is Executive Director at the Sentio Counseling Center, and leads Sentio’s BBS-approved supervisor training program for California clinicians.Alexandre Vaz, PhD, is Chief Academic Officer of Sentio University, which provides an online/hybrid MFT program in California. This program is recognized as the first MFT training curriculum approved by the California BBS to systematically integrate Deliberate Practice and Artificial Intelligence into clinical education. Dr. Vaz is a leading expert in psychotherapy training and serves as the co-editor of Elsevier’s Advanced Therapeutics series and the APA Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. He provides academic oversight for university’s BBS-approved supervisor training program for licensed California clinicians.

*4 stars* "The book describes different exercises to help clinicians of any theoretical orientation or clinical role... [A] book to help mental health professionals and trainees achieve competency through methods of deliberate practice (DP)... The book is easy to read, and the exercises are excellent. [A]n excellent look at the basic skills that therapists should possess, no matter what their philosophical tradition is. The exercises underlying these skills are very practical." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Gary B Kaniuk, PsyD (Cermak Health Services)

• Part I. 1. Overview of this book 2. Instructions for the deliberate practice exercises Part II. Deliberate practice exercises Exercise #1: Empathic validation Exercise #2: Affirmation and building Exercise # 3: Goal setting Exercise #4: Promoting change talk Exercise #5: Working with problematic thoughts Exercise #6: Exploring emotional experience Exercise #7: Using behaviors to change emotion Exercise #8: Coaching emotionally dysregulated patients Exercise #9: Responding to suicidal ideation and behavior Exercise #10: Communicating personal limits Exercise #11: Repairing relationship ruptures Exercise #12: Clinician self-awareness Exercise #13: Mock sessions Part 3. Additional resources 3. Sample syllabus with embedded deliberate practice exercises 4. Taking the next step: Resources for further study