Free Therapist Training Resources from the Sentio University Innovation Lab
Free deliberate practice resources from Sentio University. Senior-trainer webinars, clinical exercises, supervision guides, and AI tools, built for therapists, supervisors, and students in our MFT program and beyond.
Practice Therapy Skills
Recorded client prompts, structured exercises, and conversations with senior trainers. Use them in supervision, in peer practice groups, or as solo prep before a session. They draw on the deliberate practice research base and are designed to pair with the model-specific webinars below and the rigorous training we deliver in the MFT program.
Deliberate Practice Exercises Library
Free client prompts for suicidality, rupture and repair, boundary setting, multicultural responsiveness, teletherapy, and recording therapy.
Learn Psychotherapy Podcast
Deliberate practice drills for six of the most important clinical skills.
Practice Time
Free YouTube training series featuring live demonstrations and structured practice exercises.
Deliberate Practice by Therapy Model
Twelve free deliberate practice resources pairing senior trainers with Sentio faculty. Each spoke holds the full recording, structured exercises, references, and presenter bios. Pair with a supervisor or peer practice partner, or use as prep for MFT coursework.
Deliberate Practice in Schema Therapy
Wendy Behary, Joan Farrell, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Tali Boritz, Shelley McMain, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in Motivational Interviewing
Robert Scholz, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Olga Belik, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Mark Terjesen, Kristene Doyle, Raymond DiGiuseppe, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere
Deliberate Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Hanna Levenson, Volney Gay, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in TEAM CBT
Maor Katz, Mike Christensen, and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in Emotion-Focused Therapy
Rhonda Goldman and Alexandre Vaz
Deliberate Practice in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Sam Jinich and Hanna Levenson
Deliberate Practice in Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy
Susan Warshow, Bridget Quebodeaux, and Tony Rousmaniere
Systemic Therapy
Mariana Falconier, Jeffrey Edwards, James Furrow, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere
Child Therapy
Jordan Bate, Tracy Prout, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz
Multicultural Therapy
Sentio's home for multicultural orientation (MCO), cultural humility, and culturally responsive therapy. Built for the supervisors and students in our MFT program and for clinicians working across cultural lines in every practice setting.
Person of the Therapist
Person of the Therapist Training (POTT), developed by Harry Aponte, helps clinicians integrate their personal histories, vulnerabilities, and signature themes into clinical work. Built for the supervisors and students in our MFT program and for clinicians who want to use themselves more deliberately in the room.
Supervision and Consultation
Practitioner-facing resources for clinical supervisors integrating deliberate practice into their work. Built for the supervisors training our MFT students and for any licensed clinician supervising the next generation. See the model spokes above for content to use inside a supervision hour.
AI in Mental Health
Sentio's free AI training for mental health professionals. Built for clinicians, supervisors, and students in our MFT program who want to use AI thoughtfully in research, training, and clinical workflows. Pair with the deliberate practice webinars above for skill-building grounded in human practice.
Community and Culture
Conversations from the field. Watch the Therapist Throwdown debate series and follow the people training our MFT students.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Sentio University's therapist training resources free?
Yes. Every resource on this page is free to access, including the deliberate practice webinars across ten therapy models, the exercise library, the supervision and consultation resources, the multicultural therapy and Person of the Therapist materials, and the AI course for mental health professionals.
Who are these free therapist training resources for?
Practicing therapists, clinical supervisors, and graduate students. They are built for the supervisors and students in the Sentio University MFT program and for clinicians working in any practice setting. You do not need to be a Sentio student to use them.
What therapy models are covered?
Twelve. Ten have a full deliberate practice package with a complete recording, structured exercises, references, and presenter bios: Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, TEAM CBT, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy. Two more, Systemic Therapy and Child Therapy, are covered through Practice Time episodes.
What is deliberate practice in psychotherapy training?
Deliberate practice is a structured training method that uses repeated, focused rehearsal of specific clinical skills with feedback and correction, rather than passive learning. The resources on this page are designed to be used in supervision, in peer practice groups, or as solo preparation before a session.