Author

Alexandre Vaz, Ph.D. is the Director of Training at the Sentio Counseling Center. He is co-editor of two book series: The Essentials of Deliberate Practice (APA Books) and Advanced Therapeutics, Clinical and Interpersonal Skills (Elsevier). He has held multiple committee roles for the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) and the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). Dr. Vaz is founder and host of Psychotherapy Expert Talks, an acclaimed interview series with distinguished psychotherapists and therapy researchers. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Portugal.

Sentio’s Clinic-to-Classroom Method: Bridging Deliberate Practice and Clinical Training
Training effective psychotherapists requires more than just classroom instruction; it demands an integration of practical experience with theoretical learning (Vaz & Rousmaniere, 2022). Sentio University’s Clinic-to-Classroom method exemplifies this integration by bringing real clinical practice into the learning environment. This approach is grounded in the Deliberate Practice (DP) model, a framework originally developed in expertise […]

Tony Rousmaniere, Psy.D. + 1 more
March 26, 2025

Deliberate Practice Supervision Series from the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy Program
In this introductory article we provide a brief overview of what Deliberate Practice is and why it matters for psychotherapists. We then present the Sentio Supervision Model, a 7-step Deliberate Practice supervision approach developed by the Sentio Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program that helps trainers integrate comprehensive skill building into clinical supervision. What is […]

Alexandre Vaz, PhD + 1 more
March 22, 2024
