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In this 600th episode of The Testing Psychologist Podcast, I reflect on nearly nine years of hosting the show and synthesize six core principles that drive long-term clinical excellence and practice sustainability. Grounded in literature spanning deliberate practice, therapeutic alliance, systems-level burnout interventions, and knowledge implementation, this episode provides a high-level roadmap for both early-career psychologists and seasoned evaluators. I explore why experience alone does not equal expertise, how systemic hygiene outperforms individual resilience tactics, and why community consultation serves as a vital clinical engine. Whether you’re seeking to streamline administrative friction or audit your core clinical beliefs, this framework offers actionable strategies to elevate your practice.
- 00:01: Reflecting on 600 episodes and the science of deliberate practice
- 03:52: Principle 1: Epistemic humility and updating mental models
- 07:42: Principle 2: The primacy of working alliance and clinical communication
- 11:14: Principle 3: Prioritizing systemic hygiene over individual resilience
- 14:48: Principle 4: Bridging the knowledge-to-action gap in clinical practice
- 17:11: Principle 5: The power of microinterventions and incremental gains
- 19:29: Principle 6: Leveraging community as a clinical engine
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About Dr. Jeremy Sharp
I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.
As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.
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Comments 2
the adverts are FAR FAR FAR too long esp given the short length of the podcast
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Thanks for sharing this opinion. I looked into the data on podcast advertising so I could offer an objective response.
Here’s some info:
– the average preroll ad read is about 30 seconds. Mine are 20 seconds and 32 seconds long.
– the average midroll ad read is about 60 seconds, with more “conversational” ad reads stretching up to 90 seconds or beyond. Mine are 78 seconds and 66 seconds long.
– podcast advertising currently occupies an estimated average of 8.8% of the total episode time, across the entire podcast landscape. My average podcast length is about an hour, which would “allow” for about 5 minutes and 15 seconds of total ad reads. My total ad read time is about 3 minutes and 16 seconds, so the Testing Psychologist typically falls under the industry average for total ad length. That said, the ad reads are technically slightly longer than average on shorter episodes like this one.