Read the full transcript here. (https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/191/#transcript) • What is a "super-shrink"? Which factors in the therapist-client relationship are most predictive of positive client outcomes over time: the therapist's personality, the client's personality, the therapist's methodology, or other factor(s)? How can therapists use and teach evidence-based practices and behaviors while also respecting and working within an individual client's belief system? What should clients look for when shopping for therapists? Why do clients often choose to be less open and honest with their therapists than would be beneficial for them? How can non-therapists be good, therapeutic friends to others? • Originally from Singapore, Daryl Chow, MA, Ph.D. is a practicing psychologist based in Perth, Western Australia. He presents to and trains other psychotherapists around the world. He has authored / co-authored several books, including: The First Kiss: Undoing the Intake Model and Igniting First Sessions in Psychotherapy (2018), Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes (APA, 2021), The Field Guide to Better Results (APA, 2023), and Creating Impact (2022). He is also the co-author of many articles, and is co-editor and contributing author of The Write to Recovery: Personal Stories ; Lessons About Recovery from Mental Health Concerns . Daryl's newsletter, blogs, and podcast ( Frontiers of Psychotherapist Development ) are all aimed at inspiring and sustaining practitioners' individualised professional development. Read his writings on Substack (https://fullcircles.substack.com); learn more about him on his website, darylchow.com (https://darylchow.com); or email him at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). • ANNOUNCEMENT: EA NYC is hosting Spencer for a live recording of our podcast on January 30, 2024! The event is titled: "The moral status of insects and AI systems, and other thorny questions and global priorities research, with Jeff Sebo and Spencer Greenberg". If you'd like to attend in person, click here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4SgsjvHXCueNASskgr5p2_ZXRNPh3bouT9NYbgLHtlc7_8A/viewform)! • Staff • Spencer Greenberg (https://www.spencergreenberg.com/) • — Host / Director • Josh Castle (mailto:[email protected]) • — Producer • Ryan Kessler (https://tone.support/) • — Audio Engineer • Uri Bram (https://uribram.com/) • — Factotum • WeAmplify (https://www.weamplify.info/) • — Transcriptionists • Miles Kestran (mailto:[email protected]) • — Marketing • Music • Lee Rosevere (https://archive.org/details/MusicForPodcasts04/Lee+Rosevere+-+Music+for+Podcasts+4+-+11+Keeping+Stuff+Together.flac) • Josh Woodward (https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/AlreadyThere) • Broke for Free (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Something_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Something_EP_-_05_Something_Elated) • zapsplat.com (https://www.zapsplat.com/music/summer-haze-slow-chill-out-house-track-with-a-modern-pop-feel-warm-piano-chords-underpin-the-track-with-warm-pads-and-a-repetitive-synth-arpeggio/) • wowamusic (https://gamesounds.xyz/?dir=wowamusic) • Quiet Music for Tiny Robots (https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Quiet_Music_for_Tiny_Robots/The_February_Album/05_Tiny_Robot_Armies) • Affiliates • Clearer Thinking (https://www.clearerthinking.org/) • GuidedTrack (https://guidedtrack.com/) • Mind Ease (https://mindease.io/) • Positly (https://positly.com/) • UpLift (https://www.uplift.app/) [Read more: https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/191/daryl-chow-there-are-shrinks-and-then-there-are-super-shrinks]