We all want to do our best to assist our clients to relieve their suffering, but how can we do this?

Erickson said "Just do good work" but how?

Scott Miller's inspiring exploration of excellence draws on Ericsson's study of a range of endeavours, not just therapy, and recommends returning to the basics and deliberate practice. Returning to the basics is clear enough - we can all do that - but deliberate practice? Deliberately practice what? He hints at exploring any difficulty we have with a client as a source of deliberate practice - "our learning edge".

In these short writings I am exploring some specific topics, all of them foundational to any effective therapy in my view, to have as a possible map for us to guide us to what we can deliberately practice and move towards excellence.

These topics include the gentle art of listening, restoring adult trust, creating expectancy, generating rapport, becoming genuinely confident, and self care.

When this series is complete, I'll collate these into a small eBook that you are welcome to have as a reference.

I'm glad to have your company as we explore, and invite you to leave comments.

Rob