Contributed by Barry Duncan
Becoming a Supershrink: Three Steps to Professional Excellence
Getting Client Feedback Isn’t Always Easy, But It's a Necessary StepMost therapists, when asked, report checking in routinely for client feedback and knowing when to do so. But research has found this to be far from true. Read more
Improving Therapeutic Effectiveness: Moving Beyond Reliable Performance
How Can We Make Progress in Our Therapeutic Effectiveness?K. Anders Ericsson’s work on deliberate practice and client feedback explains studies showing that most of us grow continually in confidence over the course... Read more
Deliberate Practice: The First Step on the Path to Professional Excellence
One Team Finds that Deliberate Practice is the First Step to Becoming a Superior TherapistHow do the supershrinks do what they do? Are they made or born? Is it a matter of temperament or training? Have they discovered a secret unknown to other... Read more
What Therapists Want
It’s Certainly Not Money or Fame!A close-up look at a 20-year, multinational study that captures the heart of therapists’ aspirations—and perhaps the soul of our professional identity. Read more
Opening The Path
From What Is to What Can BeDown for the count, a therapist again discovers that even the most hopeless sessions can have a positive outcome if you stay with the process. Read more
Barry L. Duncan
Barry L. Duncan, PsyD, is a therapist, trainer and researcher with over 17,000 hours of clinical experience. He is a best-selling author of The Heart and Soul of Change: Delivering what Works in Therapy (APA, 2010), What’s Right with You and On Becoming a Better Therapist (APA, 2010). Dr. Duncan is a sought after media expert and has appeared on Oprah and The View. The author of over 100 publications and 15 books, Dr. Duncan travels the globe providing seminars and workshops.
Dr. Duncan is the director of the Heart and Soul of Change Project, a practice-driven, training and research initiative that focuses on what works in therapy, and more importantly, how to deliver it on the front lines. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the mental health field, including the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology’s first annual “Outstanding Alumnus Award,” the Menninger Foundation’s 15th Annual Award for Scientific Writing for the book The Heart and Soul of Change, and the Psychotherapy Networker “20th Anniversary All Time Top Ten Award” for the article “Exposing the Mythmakers,” recognizing it as one of the most influential features in the magazine’s history. Barry’s other books include The Heroic Client (2nd edition, Jossey Bass, 2004); Heroic Clients, Heroic Agencies: Partners for Change 2nd ed., 2010 Edition); the 2nd edition of Brief Intervention for School Problems (Guilford, 2007)