Deliberate Practice Monthly Consultation Group
Jason Brand, LCSW
Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty.
MacKenzie Stuart, LMFT
Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer & Faculty
A Monthly Deliberate Practice consultation group for supervisors and clinicians led by two Sentio lead instructors.
Sentio DP Consultation group teaches you how to:
Use DP to be a more effective therapist and supervisor
Hear client and supervisee challenges with greater clarity
Target specific areas where you get stuck with clients and supervisees
Provide effective performance feedback
Practice skills for specific models and common therapy factors
Use DP to develop the “Person of the Therapist” and therapist self-awareness
This group is appropriate for BOTH supervisors and clinicians. Licensed and unlicensed clinicians are welcome.
When: The group meets on the Second Friday of each month for 1 hour- 12:00-1:00 pm PT
Where: Zoom
Cost: $60 per group
After signing up, we will contact you via email with information about how to pay for the group and how to log into the group. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact jbrand@sentio.org
Deliberate Practice Consultation Group – FAQ
Grow your clinical skills in a fast-moving, supportive environment.
Our monthly one-hour sessions are designed to help therapists sharpen specific skills using structured, hands-on practice. Below are answers to the most common questions about how the group works.
Q: What happens during a typical Deliberate Practice Consultation Group hour?
A: Each session runs for one hour and follows a lively, structured format:
Introductions & Framing – Quick introductions and an overview of the specific skill we’ll practice. For example, a recent session focused on the psychodynamic skill Engaging in a Therapeutic Inquiry.
Skill Elements – A breakdown of the criteria that make the skill effective.
Active Practice – Participants first respond to client prompts in the chat, then practice live, working through several rounds with different scenarios.
Integration & Feedback – We pause to link the practice to real clinical challenges and often create new prompts based on participant feedback.
The hour is fast-moving, collaborative, and designed to be both challenging and safe—participants consistently describe it as energizing and immediately applicable to their clinical work.
Q: Should I prep anything beforehand?
A: No preparation is required. Just come ready to participate and learn.
Q: I’m a little nervous—this sounds different from traditional supervision. Will I be put on the spot?
A: No. You choose your level of participation. Many people start by observing and responding in the chat before trying a live prompt. The atmosphere is supportive and low-pressure; the goal is skill-building, not evaluation.
Q: Can I just drop in on the group?
A: Yes. We have a number of people who drop in occasionally as well as many who come regularly.
The benefit of attending regularly is that you:
Build relationships with other participants
Experience how the skills complement and build on one another
Give us a chance to know you better so we can tailor skills to your needs
Q: How does payment work?
A: Each group is $60. We’ll email you an invoice and you can pay through Zelle, PayPal, or Venmo.
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Group Leaders
MacKenzie Stuart, LMFT
Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty
MacKenzie Stuart, LMFT, is a Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty at Sentio. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adults, couples, partners, and families. She specializes in nontraditional relationship structures, including polyamory and other forms of consensual nonmonogamy, as well as chronic depression and suicidality. Her other clinical interests include psychosis, psychopharmacology and drugs, LGBTQIA2-S and GNC/non-binary communities, kink and BDSM practices, and sex work. MacKenzie enjoys psychodynamic case conceptualization, the enneagram, biofeedback, narrative and solution-focused interventions, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) skills. She is a member of core faculty at The Wright Institute in Berkeley and leads a private practice in Alameda.
Jason Brand, LCSW
Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty
Jason Brand, LCSW is a Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer and Faculty at Sentio. He is certified in Deliberate Practice Supervision through the International Deliberate Practice Society. In his private psychotherapy practice Jason specializes in supporting the growth and development of men in an increasingly complex world. His work with men includes facilitating a group for fathers of young children. In his couples work, he is certified in PACT (The Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy) and serves as a faculty member at the PACT Institute. Jason lives in Berkeley with his wife of twenty years and their two teenage daughters. Find out more about Jason on his website: www.jasonbrand.com