Deliberate Practice in Interpersonal Psychotherapy

About Alexandre VazJessica M. SchultzOlga BelikScott FairhurstScott StuartTony Rousmaniere

Olga Belik PhD is chief psychologist and director of training at Child & Family Development Center in Providence Saint John's Health Center. She is also the national trainer and supervisor with the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute with a private practice in forensic psychology. She was chair of the California Psychological Associations Division II: Training and Education in Professional Psychology. She earned an award for Distinguished Contributions to the Education and Training of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Psychologists from the American Psychological Associations Board of Educational Affairs.  Scott Fairhurst PhD is the vice president of Outcomes Training and Special Projects at Pacific Clinics a community mental health center in Southern California. As a clinician and program director for over 25 years his work primarily focuses on children and adolescents with explosive behavior. Dr. Fairhurst has worked with clients in hospitals residential treatment and clinics. He promotes value-based care and democratizing clinical data so that clients executives clinicians and supervisors can measure and manage what they consider to be important. He also offers training in de-escalation of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and conflict resolution.  Jessica M. Schultz PhD is associate dean of enrichment and associate professor of psychology at Augustana College. She teaches courses such as child psychopathology abnormal psychology and childhood in the developing world. Dr. Schultzs research focuses on posttraumatic growth; the processes by which people forgive others; and the effectiveness of training programs for empirically supported psychological treatments including interpersonal psychotherapy. She is also cochair of the Faculty at Four-Year Colleges Special Interest Group and vice president of the River Bend Psychological Association.  Scott Stuart MD is emeritus professor of psychiatry and psychology in the Departments of Psychiatry Psychology Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa. He is also director of the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute an international training organization and an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles. He has received several teaching awards including the John Clancy Teacher of the Year Award  from the University of Iowa. Dr. Stuart is also the author of the Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Clinicians Guide.  Alexandre Vaz PhD is director of training at the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program and Sentio Counseling Center. He has authored many books on deliberate practice and psychotherapy training and is coeditor of the book series The Essentials of Deliberate Practice (APA Books). Dr. Vaz has held multiple committee roles for the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) and the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). He is founder and host of Psychotherapy Expert Talks an acclaimed interview series with distinguished psychotherapists and researchers.  Tony Rousmaniere PsyD is program director of the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program and executive director of the Sentio Counseling Center. He has authored many books on deliberate practice and psychotherapy training and is coeditor of the book series The Essentials of Deliberate Practice(APA Books). In 2017 Dr. Rousmaniere published the widely cited article in The Atlantic Monthly What Your Therapist Doesnt Know. Dr. Rousmaniere supports the open-data movement and publishes clinical outcome data at drtonyr.com. He is president of Division 29 of APA.