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

HomeKit: Helping Your Clients Get Unstuck (Parts III to VI)⭕️

Here are the final Parts III to VI of HomeKit that are made freely available to you. HomeKit is the first ‘whisper-in-your-ear’ audio companion to help you get unstuck in sticky situations. The topics covered in this episode are Discipline, Expressing Love, Procrastination, and Stress.Each of the lessons consists of1. An introduction2. Three strategies3. Three rationales---TIMESTAMPS:[2:50] Discipline The amateurs have goals. And the pros have a system. A system is how discipline looks like.[13:55] Expressing Love"To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.” — Thich Nhat Hanh[24:44] Procrastination Procrastination happens when we are facing something important on the outside that elicits anxiety on the inside, beckoning us with the question, 'Can you face your own frontier?'[33:18] Stress"Stress is a perverted relationship with time." -- John O'Donahue---ONE MORE DAY LEFT to use the special promo 25% off promo code: FULLCIRCLESVIPTo sign up for a HomeKit, go to darylchow.com/homekit---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

HomeKit: Helping Your Clients Get Unstuck (Part II of VI: Assertiveness)⭕️

Here is Part II of HomeKit, the first ‘whisper-in-your-ear’ audio companion to help you get unstuck in sticky situations. The topic today is on Assertiveness.Each of the lessons consists of1. An introduction2. Three strategies3. Three rationales---AssertivenessAssertiveness is an act of lessening the divide between what’s on the inner and outer-life. Because the life that is inside needs to be heard on the outside.Here’s How:1. What do I really want? What do I really like?2. Make sure your Yes on the outside is not a No on the inside.3. Strength and Warmth.Here’s Why:1. Assertiveness is a form of Truth-telling.2. Be divided no more.3. The real challenge for people who are highly agreeably and compassionate.Listen to the end of the podcast episode for a special promo code. FOUR DAYS LEFT!To sign up for a HomeKit, go to darylchow.com/homekit---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

HomeKit: Helping Your Clients Get Unstuck (Part I of VI: Anxiety)⭕️

In the next six podcast episodes, I will give you six of the ‘whisper-in-your-ear’ complete lessons from HomeKit, the first audio kit to help you get unstuck in sticky situations.Here are the six topics:1. Anxiety2. Assertiveness3. Discipline4. Expressing Love5. Procrastination6. StressEach of the lessons consists ofI. An introductionII. Three strategiesIII. Three rationales---Today, we will start with Anxiety.AnxietyWhat is anxiety?Anxiety is experiencing failure... in advance.Here’s How:1. To recompose...back into your body (listen to the experiential exercise in the audio).2. Convert Anxiety into Fear.3. Convert your worrying into planning.Here’s Why:1. To Worry = To ‘Strangulate’. Travelling at the speed of light causes anxiety. Learn to travel at the speed of life.2. Dealing with anxiety can sometimes feel too vague and nebulous, like catching clouds. By converting it into fear, you name it and have a better chance of healing it.3. Worries goes in circles; planning goes in an intentional direction.For more on Homekit, go to darylchow.com/homekit---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

Conversational Depths in Therapy #210 ⭕️

Some of the best conversations happen when your clients can hear themselves clearly.This is Part II on Depths of Conversation. See the Part I: We Are Hungry For Depth: The five levels of conversation:1. Informational2. Emotional3. Confessional4. Experiential5. ActivationalShownotes:- Avoid TBU (True But Useless) Information- Why You Need A Guide to Go Deep- Dropout in Psychotherapy (Part I, II, III)---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com

We Are Hungry for Depth. Frontiers Friday #209 ⭕️

We yearn not just for deeper conversations, but deeper connections. Connections that make us come alive.The five levels of conversation: 1. Informational2. Emotional3. Confessional4. Experiential 5. Activational Shownotes:- Main Full Circles essay: https://fullcircles.substack.com/p/depth- Information is Not Transformation - Listening into Speech: Will Say, Won't Say, Can't Say.- PostSecret- A Class Divided Documentary- Invisible Wounds---Subscribe to Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development (FPD). The aim is to help you grow at your bleeding edge of personal and professional development. Frontiers Friday is released newsletter. Plus you get to access 10 years of FPD archive at no cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darylchow.substack.com