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Deliberate Practice in Psychotherapy and Supervision with Dana Baerger, J.D. Ph.D
2:00 PMSaturday, July 19 2025
1:00 PMSaturday, July 19 2025
12:00 PMSaturday, July 19 2025
11:00 AMSaturday, July 19 2025
10:00 AMSaturday, July 19 2025
8:00 AM
Dr. Dana Baerger is a psychologist, clinician, and trainer. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In her private practice, she is a certified Therapist and Supervisor of AEDP, demanding and effective treatment approach that draws from affective neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, somatic psychology, trauma psychology, and studies of transformational change. In addition to providing direct patient care, Dr. Baerger maintains an active teaching schedule, training and consulting with mental health professionals.
Deliberate Practice is a structured, evidence-based approach to building clinical skill, grounded in the science of expert performance. Research shows it improves client outcomes by enhancing clinical expertise, and predicts therapeutic effectiveness and skill development over time. These skills are particularly relevant for clinicians working with people who have foster care experience, as these clients often present with complex relational needs that call for advanced attunement, repair, and regulation capacities. This training will provide an overview of the history and core components of Deliberate Practice. Through video exemplars and experiential exercises, participants will be guided in developing their own personalized Deliberate Practice routine.
This course is eligible for 2.5 continuing education credits.
This course is suitable for Psychologists, LMHCs, MFTs, Social Workers, LPCs, and Counselors.
Introductory
11:00-11:15 AM – Introduction/Overview
11:15-11:30 AM – Problems in the Acquisition of Clinical Expertise
11:30-11:45 AM – Emergence of the Common Factors and the “High-Performing Therapist”
11:45 AM-12:00 PM – “Next Generation” Common Factors: Facilitative Interpersonal Skills
12:00-12:15 PM – Defining Deliberate Practice
12:15-12:45 PM – Deliberate Practice in Action
12:45-1:00 PM – Problems with “Supervision As Usual”
1:00-1:20 PM – Deliberate Practice Supervision
1:20-1:30 PM – Conclusion/Q&A
At the end of the workshop, the participant will be able to:
- Describe two key principles of Deliberate Practice as they apply to skill development in psychotherapy.
- List at least two examples of a 'clinical challenge' and describe how each one contributes to skill development in Deliberate Practice training."
- List one limitation of traditional supervision in psychotherapy, in contrast to Deliberate Practice supervision.