They won't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
~ John Wooden
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Tools and resources that you can use.
Every month, I'd provide you with five tools/resources that I've used and found it to be helpful in my learning process, productivity, or just plain useful.
This month, I confess to binge-watching several Ted talks. Here's a handful that blew me away:
1. My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee by A J Jacobs
More than 15 years ago, I met a brilliant Australian CBT trainer by the name of Ross Menzies. He was telling me about his mini project of figuring out the number of people involved to make a single cup of coffee.
In this ted talk, write A. J. Jacobs takes us on a journey of people we can truly thank for this lovely wake-me-up beverage.
2. Science Can Answer Moral Questions by Sam Harris
Neuro-scientist, philosopher, podcaster Sam Harris is not a person foreign to provocative ideas. To be honest, I was left challenged and disturbed by his perspective, which could be misconstrued as moral superiority.
I love to hear your reactions to this particular ted talk.
3. How to Let Go of Being a "Good" Person by Dolly Chugh
Social Psychologist Dolly Chugh argues on the notion that our attachment of being a good person. Is hindering us from becoming a better person.
Reminds me of how our performance anxiety as therapists can hinder our ability to learn from (See My System of Practice talk at this section)
4. How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy
Norwegian information security research Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad provides two chilling examples of how a kid's doll and a data app violates our basic rights to privacy. The ubiquity and function of technology have been a growing concern to me (especially social media platforms). As therapists, I don't think we can turn a blind eye to this, given how it is affecting practitioners and our clients.
Couple this ted talk with another by Zeynep Tufekci. "We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads." Tufekci points out that we are really living in internet silos, each of us watching and reading stuff that reinforces our existing beliefs. To me, this is highly problematic not just on a political front, but also for us as a society and wellbeing.
5. The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives
I'm a big fan of Jonathan Haidt. I was first recommended his book The Righteous Mind by Scott Miller.
I love this quote that he cited from Gary Marcus (2004) on "the first draft" of the moral mind:
"The initial organisation of the brain does not rely that much on experience... Nature provides a FIRST DRAFT, which experiences then revises. 'Built-in does not mean inmalleable; it means organised in advance of experience."
I'm thinking of compiling lists of Top 10 books on various topics. If this is something that interests you, let me know. I've become some sort of a librarian!
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On the Research Front
Many of you took part in the Difficult Conversations in Therapy (DCT) clinical trial many months ago. We sincerely thank you for being part of this illuminating study.
My colleagues, Sharon Lu, Geoffrey Tan, Tammie Quek and Scott Miller (with a possible new addition from Texas, Adam Jones) are in the midst of crunching the numbers. We are also hoping to complete giving you your performance feedback, if you have yet to receive them.
Thanks so much for your patience. The initial results are promising. (see this clip), and we hope to bring this to you as a training resource in the near future.
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Til then, please stay in touch. Love to hear back from you, if you have any questions or comments.
Reach me at info@darylchow.com
p/s: Please excuse the typos.
Blessings,
Daryl
Daryl Chow, MA. Ph.D. (Psych)
Senior Associate & Trainer, International Center for Clinical Excellence (ICCE);
Endorsed Counselling Psychologist & Board Approved Supervisor (Aus),
Henry Street Centre, Fremantle, W Australia.
Senior Psychologist (on locum),
Institute of Mental Health, Singapore.
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