A Primer on Deliberate Practice Supervision

Description

Most therapists work hard to improve, but research shows that many hit a plateau early in their careers. While they accumulate years of experience and theoretical knowledge, this doesn't consistently translate to better outcomes in the therapy room. The core issue? Traditional supervision teaches clinicians how to talk about therapy, but it rarely builds the practical, in-the-moment skills needed during actual sessions.

Deliberate practice supervision offers a different path.

In this training, supervisors are introduced to a practical framework for making clinical skill development more visible, teachable, and repeatable. You will explore how deliberate practice supervision uses focused learning goals, video review, behavioral rehearsal, repetition, and direct feedback to help supervisees strengthen specific in-session skills. If you want a more concrete method for translating clinical understanding into what therapists actually do with clients, you’re invited to register for this course.

Jason Brand, LCSW, is a Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty member at Sentio University, where he teaches in the MFT program and co-leads the Sentio Supervision Residency, a year-long training for clinical supervisors. He is a coauthor of a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology on deliberate practice–informed supervision and is certified in Deliberate Practice Supervision through the International Deliberate Practice Society. His work focuses on helping supervisors use video review, focused feedback, and structured rehearsal to reliably strengthen therapists’ in-session clinical skills.

Using video-based examples of supervision and clinical work, the training makes deliberate practice concrete and observable. You will be guided in how to identify a client challenge, recognize a supervisee’s skill deficit, set a small learning goal, and structure behavioral rehearsal with brief, actionable feedback. Emphasis is placed on practicing one skill at a time, using repetition strategically, and keeping the work within the supervisee’s zone of proximal development so practice is challenging without becoming overwhelming.

Topics include the limits of experience and traditional supervision in producing ongoing therapist improvement, the distinction between conceptual understanding and procedural skill development, and the core principles of deliberate practice as applied to supervision. You will learn how supervisors can use video review or highly specific case reconstruction to identify what actually happened in session: what the client said or did, how the therapist responded, and how the client reacted. The training also examines how supervisors can support career-long growth by making clinical skill development intentional rather than assumed.

Key Takeaways

• Deliberate practice in supervision: Learn how focused goals, feedback, repetition, and appropriately challenging rehearsal support intentional therapist improvement.
• From concepts to skills: Translate theoretical understanding into observable, moment-to-moment clinical behavior.
• Working with stuck points: Use video review, specific case reconstruction, and behavioral rehearsal to turn vague difficulties into trainable skills.

Why This Course?

• Addresses a real training gap: Offers a structured response to the well-documented plateau in therapist development.
• Makes supervision more concrete: Helps supervisors move beyond case discussion and into observable skill practice.
• Taught by an experienced trainer: Led by a faculty member and supervisor trainer with extensive experience in deliberate practice–informed supervision.
• Presented through TCI: Telehealth Certification Institute supports high-quality, ethically grounded training that is practical and immediately applicable.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the core principles of deliberate practice and how they apply to therapist learning and supervision, including the role of feedback, repetition, and focused learning goals.
• Differentiate between traditional supervision approaches and deliberate practice–informed methods, particularly the distinction between conceptual understanding and procedural skill development.
• Identify supervisory moments where supervisees become stuck and select targeted strategies—including video review and behavioral rehearsal—to support clinical skill growth.

By reframing supervision as a structured learning environment and making skill development observable through video, rehearsal, and direct feedback, this training offers supervisors a more teachable and effective approach to clinical development. If you are looking for a practical, evidence-informed method you can begin applying in supervision immediately, this course provides a focused introduction. Register today to strengthen how your supervision supports real, lasting clinical growth.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study program and consists of over 1.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

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Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Jason Brand, LCSW

Jason Brand, LCSW, is a Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty member at Sentio University, where he teaches in the MFT program and co-leads the Sentio Supervision Residency, a year-long training for clinical supervisors in the Sentio Supervision Model. He is certified in Deliberate Practice Supervision through the International Deliberate Practice Society and in the Sentio Supervision Model, with advanced training in methods that use focused feedback, outcome measures, structured rehearsal, and video-based learning to strengthen therapist development.

Drawing from two decades of clinical experience, Jason leads lively, skills-based training groups for therapists and supervisors who want to stretch, grow, and improve their clinical effectiveness. His teaching integrates research on the science of expertise, emphasizing the role of repetition, feedback, and embodied self-awareness in cultivating clinical excellence.

In his Berkeley, California, private practice, Jason specializes in supporting the growth and development of men and couples. He is certified in PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy) and works with partners to deepen emotional attunement, improve communication, and build resilience in their relationships.

Jason is the author of 1 to 1 at Home: A Parent’s Guide to Student Laptops (ISTE, 2013), a practical guide for families navigating technology in education. He has led more than 25 workshops annually for parents, educators, and clinicians on technology’s impact on family life, and continues to consult with schools and organizations on fostering healthy digital habits.

He is also the creator and host of the Human Nurture podcast, a series exploring couples therapy, therapist growth, and the role of Deliberate Practice in improving clinical effectiveness. His recent writing includes Deliberate Practice Supervision in Action: The Sentio Supervision Model (Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 2025)

Jason Brand's instructor information.

Disclosure Statement:

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 1.5 continuing education hours of credit.

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