Alexandre Vaz
Who They Are
Alexandre Vaz is a psychotherapist, trainer, and co-editor of the Essentials of Deliberate Practice series. He has worked across multiple therapy modalities and is instrumental in developing and implementing deliberate practice training frameworks.
Vaz co-edited the entire Essentials of Deliberate Practice series alongside Tony Rousmaniere, ensuring consistency and rigor across different therapeutic frameworks (REBT, CBT, DBT, EFT, Schema Therapy, etc.).
Key Contributions
- Series co-editorship: Co-edited the Essentials of Deliberate Practice series, bringing deliberate practice methodology to multiple therapy modalities
- Multi-framework expertise: Brings knowledge across REBT, CBT, DBT, EFT, Schema Therapy, and other approaches
- Training development: Involved in creating structured practice materials for multiple frameworks
- Cross-framework translation: Helps translate deliberate practice principles across different theoretical orientations
Clinical Philosophy
Vaz emphasises:
- Deliberate practice as transtheoretical: The methodology works across frameworks; what varies is the content (which skills) and the context (which clients/presentations)
- Integration across modalities: While each framework has its own logic, they share common factors and deliberate practice principles
- Practical accessibility: Making training materials and methodologies available to working clinicians
Influence on Integrative Practice
Vaz’s work contributes by:
- Demonstrating how deliberate practice can be adapted for any framework
- Showing how different modalities approach similar challenges differently
- Providing structured materials that help integrative practitioners build competence systematically
- Facilitating cross-framework learning through the deliberate practice series
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Associated Frameworks
REBT, Deliberate Practice, CBT, EFT, DBT, Schema Therapy