Mastering the Inner Skills of Psychotherapy: A Deliberate Practice Manual on Building Psychological Capacity, Second Edition
Book Details
- Publisher : American Psychoanalytic Association
- Published : 2026
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 120
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Individual Psychotherapy - Catalogue No : 98405
- ISBN 13 : 9781433845000
- ISBN 10 : 1433845008
Table of Contents
Prologue to the 2nd Edition
Introduction: Building Therapists’ Psychological Capacity
Part I - Foundations of Deliberate Practice in Psychotherapy
1. A Case Example
2. What Is Psychological Capacity?
3. Effective Stimuli for Deliberate Practice
4. Principles of Building Psychological Capacity
5. Training Safely
Part II - Deliberate Practice Exercises for Inner Skills
Exercise 1. Noticing Discomfort
Exercise 2. Redirecting Inner Attention
Exercise 3. Noticing Discomfort While Staying Engaged
Part III - Advanced Deliberate Practice Exercises for Inner Skills
Exercise 4. Getting Back into Capacity
Exercise 5. Expanding Psychological Capacity Using Interval Training
Exercise 6. Customizing Your Deliberate Practice
Part IV - Training Strategy
Chapter 6. Tracking Progress
Chapter 7. Overcoming Common Challenges
Chapter 8. Growing Personally as a Therapist
Chapter 9. Teaching Deliberate Practice in Your Courses
Afterword: Looking Forward
Appendix A. Recommended Reading on Deliberate Practice
Appendix B. Self-Regulation Techniques
Appendix C. Deliberate Practice Exercise Form
Appendix D. Sample Videos
Appendix E. Customizing DP Exercises Form

