3 reasons to tape yourself It’s safe to say that most of us do not record ourselves doing treatment – let alone review the recordings. Here are three reasons why you might embrace the discomfort. 1) See yourself more clearly. We rely on diary cards – not clients’ recalled impressions, riddled with self-perception and memory biases - to provide accurate information about the ups and downs of the behaviors we care about. Why not apply the same standard to ourselves? The Curse of Automaticity means that, as we become skilled, our errors can become as automatic as our strengths. What is automatic is often invisible to us. Videotaping drops the veil and brings us into fresh contact. 2) Make consultation more effective. Besides their role in self-monitoring and (forbid!) worst-case-scenario-liability-problems, recordings of sessions make consultation and supervision profoundly more effective. Your knowledge of a treatment, and relatedly what you can say about what you did, are limited indicators of your competence (Beidas and Kendall, 2010). Recordings on the other hand provide direct access to your competence in context. Want to learn to see what you can’t see (and therefore can’t report)? Record. 3) Reduce anxiety about feedback. Yes it’s uncomfortable in the beginning. Over time though comes confidence, a sense of being known and connected (if only to yourself), and the mastery of building skill and insight. Ask yourself: Do you want to look good or do you want to be good? Need some help consenting your clients to recording? See this cheat sheet. Tags: deliberate practice, consultation, expertise, evidence-based practice 25 mins to write this one, with numerous interruptions.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:37:19 +0000
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