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  • Continuing Education
  • Skill Acquisition

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  • Group training is common in continuing education.
  • Deliberate practice (DP) is a novel method for enhancing individual performance.
  • Adapting DP for group settings may improve psychotherapist training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare an adapted deliberate practice workshop with a traditional workshop for psychotherapists.
  • To assess the effectiveness of DP in managing ambivalence and resistance in a group training context.

Main Methods:

  • 88 community psychotherapists were randomly assigned to either a DP or a traditional workshop.
  • The DP workshop featured repeated practice with feedback on expert performance.
  • The control workshop was more didactic with limited practice and feedback opportunities.

Main Results:

  • Both workshops increased self-reported skills and trainee satisfaction.
  • DP trainees showed superior observer-rated skills post-workshop compared to the control group.
  • DP trainees maintained their skill advantage at 4-month follow-up and were rated more empathic.

Conclusions:

  • Deliberate practice is a promising method for enhancing psychotherapist skills in continuing education.
  • DP workshops offer a more effective approach to skill development than traditional didactic methods.
  • Further research into DP for group training is warranted to improve therapist competency.