Sharpen Up Your Therapy Skills. Tracey Wade

A very practical discussion with Dr Tracey Wade on 10 ways to improve client outcomes in your current clinical practice. Talking points in this packed episode 03:00 What is a competency? 07:12 Firm empathy 13:15 Don’t overestimate a patient’s fragility 18:35 Prioritise early change 25:39 The role of epigenetics 30:44 Measure symptoms at each session.. 35:15 Don’t put your clients into a coma 36:58 Benefits of weekly sessions.. 40:30 Don’t assume more complex therapy is required.. 46:54 Adapting the protocol to the patient 51:08 Cognitive dissonance and motivational enhancement 55:27 Setting goals between sessions 57:29 WOOP and fantasy realisation therapy 58:21 Prioritising training and supervision Lisa and Tracey are discussing the paper "Ten generic competences to improve outcomes of cognitive behaviour therapy: Evidence, postulated processes, and clinical implications" by Tracey D Wade and Glenn Waller Grab a copy and read along at: FACE TO FACE TRAINING Tracey Wade will expand on this material, and then apply it with reference to perfectionism, at a practical one day workshop being held in Adelaide, 19 June 2026. Information and registration at:

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Sharpen Up Your Therapy Skills. Tracey Wade is an episode from Clinically Thinking by Clinically Thinking.

This episode is 01:05:04 long.

This episode was published on Feb 24, 2026.

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