This week Alyssa, Noa, and Sarah talk all things compassion fatigue and burnout: What is it? How do we combat it? AND the realities of therapeutic work in the long-term sustainability of a career.

Like this topic? You might love:

• The Burnout is REAL with Stephanie Leavell of Music for Kiddos
• Mental Health and Burnout
• The Work/Life Balancing Act
• Allison Thomas' Unveiling Private Practice - the creator of the compassion fatigue and burnout definition Alyssa shared on today's episode!

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What can we say? The world is chaos and we're just living in it. Sit down with the gals to have a laugh, have a cry, and check in at the start of this never-ending new year!

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Join the gals for a quick review of 2024, a recap of 3 years of podcasting together, and their goals for the year ahead!

Episodes to tide you over until 2025:

We can't wait to spill, sip, and share with you in 2025. Thank you to all of our listeners and top fans who have supported us this year!

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This week that gal's talk all about Dan Siegel's Window of Tolerance! If you are unfamiliar with Window of Tolerance, it is all about navigating optimal arousal levels. The gals talk more about how to support them, confront them, and navigate them in therapy sessions.

Window of Tolerance Resources:

Previous Episodes Discussed:

If you want to learn more about Window of Tolerance and see Alyssa present on self-regulation at the Music for Kiddos Symposium on Friday, November 8th, you can grab your tickets here!

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Today Alyssa sits down with Allison Thomas from Running Your Practice and Mainstay Music Therapy to talk ALL things private practice!

Allison was inspired by a recent podcast episode, Red Flags of Music Therapy Business to talk about the pros, cons, and qualms of small-business private practice.

In this episode, we will:

• ​Explore topics in Allison's new e-book which is loaded with resources for navigating private practice as a prospective employee and as an employer
• ​Dive into the differences between agencies and private practice
• ​Discuss salary vs. hourly and what that means for you as a therapist
• ​And get transparent with what it means to be a private practice owner

This episode is brewing with resources and Allison has even more in her e-book. Yes, we are fangirling, it is that good! You can get 20% off Allison's Unveiling Private Practice e-book for the month of October ONLY by using code MainstayBrew at https://mainstaymusictherapy.com/product/private-practice-unveiled/ 

Link will be active as of 10/1/2024

Not only do you get the 40-page resource, but you also get fillable templates for analyzing wages with a video walkthrough of how to use the template from Allison herself.

Want to learn more from Allison? Check out her socials!

• ​Running Your Practice
• ​Mainstay Music Therapy
• ​Learn with Mainstay

You can join Mainstay's free resource list with monthly private practice tips, music therapy intervention ideas, and AAC information from a previous Coffee and TheraTea guest, Shelley Anderson!

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It's back to school season which means time for ALL the evaluations! Join Alyssa and Courtney as they take a drive through the Evaluation Station and give you tips, tricks, and tangible tools to implement play-based, neuro-affirming evaluations across settings.

MT Assessments of Note (ba-dum-chuh):

Alternative ABA Assessments:

Additional Resources Discussed:

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The gals are spilling the tea on the challenges of life as a therapist. What else is new?

This episode has:

If things are feeling hard and you wish they weren't, you are not alone!

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You voted and we made it happen! This month's topic was chosen by our listeners who follow us on instagram. We spill the theraTEA on all things supervision!

What is required of supervisors?

What should they bring to the table?

Why is supervision imortant?

Where do I find a supervisor?

We get into it all!

Supervision is a topic that is important to us. 3/4 of the Coffee and TheraTea table are supervisors in their day to day work. Creating strong relationships with our supervisees and ensuring their success means the world to us. We hope we empower you to level up your supervision game or find an amazing supervisor!

Previous episodes mentioned:

Peer support resources:

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This week the gals talk all about the realities of money management as therapists. In the world of inflation in which we currently live, money matters more than ever. We share some of our tips, experiences, and perspectives on navigating the absolutely gloriously high salaries of therapists (can you taste the sarcasm? ha!)

Unfortunately, Courtney's audio did not work for this episode so you will have to wait until our next episode to hear her dulcet tones!

Links and Resources from this Episode:

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Alyssa and Sarah spill all the theraTEA on therapy business ownership! What is it really like? Why is it a must do? Why is it a must not do? Get your philosophical questions answered!

If you liked this Alyssa and Sarah episode, check out these previous episodes:

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