How to Develop a Reading Practice. Frontiers Friday #148

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

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This is a Q&A video based on a question from a therapist in Montreal: "When Do You Get Time to Read?"

I just wanted to say once again that I really appreciate your newsletter. I look forward to reading it every week. This week, I especially liked the comment on the importance of giving more attention to the conversational nature of psychotherapy in our training. I also liked the quote at the end, "It takes two to know one", which made me appreciate the importance of supervision and co-development groups to understand our clients better.

I wanted to ask you a more personal question. When do you take time to read? I am asking this because there are so many interesting articles and books that are on my reading list but somehow I barely manage to make the time to read. I have a 2 year-old boy so that makes it a bit trickier too, but you and other therapists have children too.

Thank you for your work, it's inspiring.

Admittedly, if you look at the timestamp below, my response stretches a little further than the original question. Timestamp: 00:00 When Do You Get Time to Read? 01:13 The Daily Practical 02:06 Thinking is a monologue; reading is a dialogue 03:32 What Not to Do 05:01 Taking care of our intentions 05:57 Reading strategy 08:08 The 4 Tenets of becoming a Deep Learner 09:41 Developing a Personalised Learning System (PLS) 10:55 The Ignorant Section 11:45 What to Read 14:08 What Format to Read On 16:57 Periods of "No inputs from other minds" 17:33 Summary 18:28 Invitation to your questionsFor previous podcast episodes, click here.

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Daryl Chow Ph.D. is the author of The First Kiss, co-author of Better Results, and The Write to Recovery, Creating Impact, and the new book The Field Guide to Better Results .

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