Deliberate Practice in Systemic Family Therapy

Adrian Blow, PhD, is a Professor and Chair in the Human Development and Family Studies department and a core faculty in the Couple and Family Therapy Program at Michigan State University (MSU). His research focuses on families and trauma, military families, and change processes in systemic family therapy. Dr. Blow was coassociate editor of The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Volume 3, which focuses on clinical work with couples. In 2 7, he was awarded the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Training Award. He was also the AAMFT Board Secretary (2 2 amp ndash 2 4) and Board Treasurer (2 amp ndash 2 9).   Ryan Seedall, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and associate professor at Utah State University (USU) in the department of Human Development and Family Studies. He is the associate director in the marriage and family therapy program at USU. Dr. Seedall has published close to 4 peer-reviewed articles and seven book chapters on topics related to understanding and improving relationship processes (couple and therapeutic) as well as enhancing prevention and intervention efforts. He was also coassociate editor of The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Volume , which focuses on the profession of systemic family therapy.Debra Miller, PhD, LMSW, is a licensed social worker and clinical researcher on the faculty of Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, where she serves as the director of the University amp rsquo s couple and family therapy clinic training program. Her research is centered on supporting systemic family therapists with skill development, particularly as it relates to learning evidence-based approaches to treatment. Since 2 2, she has served on the faculty of the Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami, providing training throughout the United States in the brief strategic family therapy model.Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, is program director of the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program, and executive director of the Sentio Counseling Center. He has authored many books on deliberate practice and psychotherapy training and is coeditor of the book series The Essentials of Deliberate Practice(APA Books). In 2 7, Dr. Rousmaniere published the widely cited article in The Atlantic Monthly, amp ldquo What Your Therapist Doesn amp rsquo t Know. amp rdquo Dr. Rousmaniere supports the open-data movement and publishes clinical outcome data at drtonyr.com. He is president of Division 29 of APA.  Alexandre Vaz, PhD, is director of training at the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program and Sentio Counseling Center. He has authored many books on deliberate practice and psychotherapy training and is coeditor of the book series The Essentials of Deliberate Practice (APA Books). Dr. Vaz has held multiple committee roles for the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) and the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). He is founder and host of amp ldquo Psychotherapy Expert Talks, amp rdquo an acclaimed interview series with distinguished psychotherapists and researchers.

• Series PrefaceTony Rousmaniere and Alexandre VazAcknowledgmentsPart I. Overview and InstructionsChapter . Introduction and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Systemic Family TherapyChapter 2. Instructions for the Systemic Family Therapy Deliberate Practice ExercisesPart II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Systemic Family Therapy SkillsExercises for Beginner Systemic Family Therapy SkillsExercise . Providing a Systemic Rationale for TreatmentExercise 2. Building the Therapeutic Alliance: Establishing Bonds and Joining the SystemExercise 3. Reframing the ProblemExercise 4. Interactional Structuring: DeescalationExercises for Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy SkillsExercise 5. Avoiding TriangulationExercise . Highlighting BoundariesExercise 7. Systemic Questions: Fostering Perspective-TakingExercise 8. Engendering HopeExercises for Advanced Systemic Family Therapy SkillsExercise 9. Attention to DiversityExercise . Building the Therapeutic Alliance: Establishing Therapeutic GoalsExercise . Tracking the Interactional CycleExercise 2. Interactional Structuring: Initiating EnactmentsComprehensive ExercisesExercise 3. Annotated Systemic Family Therapy Practice Session TranscriptExercise 4. Mock Systemic Family Therapy SessionsPart III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice Exercises Chapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice: Additional Guidance for Trainers and TraineesAppendix A. Difficulty Assessments and AdjustmentsAppendix B. Deliberate Practice Diary FormAppendix C. Sample Systemic Family Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice ExercisesReferencesIndexAbout the Authors