Continuing Education for Mental Health Counselors: Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard

On today's episode, I am talking with Joe Sanok about big ideas, growing a private practice, and how to work less hours and make more money.

Joe Sanok is a keynote and TEDx speaker, business consultant, and podcaster. Joe has the #1 podcast for counselors, The Practice of the Practice Podcast. Joe is a writer for PsychCentral, has been featured on the Huffington Post, Forbes, GOOD Magazine, Reader's Digest, Entrepreneur on Fire, and Yahoo News. He is author of five books and has been named the Therapist Resource top podcast, consultant, and blogger.

Today Joe shares his background, how The Practice of the Practice started, and some tips for creating your dream job and life!

Learn more: Killing It Camp

Slow Down School

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Today on the show, Reese and Valisa Palmer talk about their paths to becoming Marriage and Family Therapists, the models and frameworks they use in therapy, what it's really like to work together and how they separate the professional from the personal and vice versa.

Reese is a clinical psychotherapist specializing in marriage and family therapy, a Christian counselor, an entrepreneur, a family life specialist, and a relationship guru. He helps children, teens, adults, couples and families with many different challenges such as depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship problems, infidelity and serious conflict.

Valisa is a Christian Counselor, Life, Career and Relationship Coach, who has helped hundreds of individuals improve their lives and create success, that is God-centered and well balanced. She knows how important it is to remain hopeful, encouraged and to understand your purpose in this life. She feels blessed to have found her calling as a Professional Counselor and a Life Coach. She is truly passionate about making a difference in the lives of others.

This is such a fun interview with two truly genuine and authentic therapists. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Learn more about the Palmers here: www.palmercounsel.com and https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/palmer-counseling-and-consulting-columbia-sc/349548

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Jennifer McGurk, RD, struggled with an eating disorder in high school, college and through her dietetic internship. It wasn't until she went to therapy that she discovered intuitive eating and her personal resilience. She was impacted so much that it became her mission to help people heal from dieting and feel fabulous about food.

Now, as a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian, Jennifer combines her expertise in medical nutrition therapy, psychology, and physiology to help clients understand their eating behaviors, and gain the insight needed to make positive changes for their health.

She is the owner of Eat With Knowledge, a private practice, in Nyack, NY and the creator of the online course Feel Fabulous About Food which teaches clients all about eating disorder recovery and intuitive eating.

Jennifer also helps Dietitians, Clinicians and other Wellness Professionals build their own businesses. Pursuing Private Practice is the arm of her business that helps others get their own private practice up and running to achieve their own success. She is the author of two books, Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Start Your Own Business and Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Grow Your Own Business. She is also the creator and instructor of the Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass E-course, now available to professionals.

And on today's episode, we discuss how Talk Therapists and RDs can best collaborate when treating clients with eating disorders. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Resources to find Eating Disorder RDs:

http://www.eddietitians.com/treatment-finder/

https://map.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

This episode is sponsored by my favorite active wear, Zyia Active. Zyia Active is premium active wear and athleisure styles yet at a direct to consumer price point. Check out Zyia Active here.

We can't escape it. Social media isn't going anywhere. And here's the thing..your potential clients are using Facebook, Instagram and Youtube to find counseling and mental health resources. And you, my dear talk therapist, could be the one they find if you decide to begin using social media to educate and empower your audience.

Today's guest, Jonathan Van Viegan, MA, MFT, CCC is a pro at using social media to attract his ideal clients. And on this episode, we discuss how to use Instagram to get more visible.

Jonathan is the founder of The Online Therapist Academy which provides marketing and entrepreneurship education for practicing psychotherapists to expand their online practice.

Jonathan's mission is simple. He teaches overworked and underpaid therapists how to build high-ticket on line practices so they can do more of the things they love to do.

You can connect with Jonathan on his Instagram account, his website and in his Facebook group:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanvanviegen/

Learn how the Online Therapist Academy helps therapists build high-ticket online practices:

https://www.onlinetherapistacademy.com

The OTA Facebook group for therapists:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1283537348448282/

We hope you enjoy this episode! If you do, please rate and review and head over to www.lisamustard.com for more fantastic content.

PURCHASE THIS PODCOURSE HERE

In this episode, Lisa interviews Shannon Palm, MSW, MPH and she discusses how talk therapists can understand and best support those who have been involved in human and sex trafficking.

Shannon covers 4 main objectives and also shares her personal experiences of working within this field, dealing with compassion fatigue and burnout, plus how we talk therapists can make a difference in the fight against trafficking.

This content may not be appropriate for those under 14.

Shannon discusses these resources on the episode:

http://humantrafficking.scag.gov/

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

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Are you stuck in a rut on what to share on social media? Feeling a little uninspired perhaps? Need some ideas and something to spark your creativity? If you're nodding your head and saying yessss..then today's episode is for you!

Danielle Cevallos is an incredible content creator and copywriter. How do I know? I recently hired her to write copy for an ad I placed in the Low Country Mental Health Conference program guide. She asked me a couple of questions and within days she had a few options for me to choose from.

What I realized in this process is this - It's not so much about our clinical jargon. It's not so much about the initials after our names. It's more about how we solve problems for our ideal customers. Danielle had me get super clear on what I wanted the outcome to be. And from there, she wrote excellent ad copy!

If you're wanting to get better at your content creation, then this episode is a gold mine of advice and tips. Danielle breaks down how you can talk to your audience, how to build your content out, and why being consistent, authentic and transparent on social media can do amazing things for your business.

You can find Danielle here, on Facebook , in her Facebook group and on Instagram.

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When today's guest, Stephanie Lincoln, LPC was laid off from her government contract position she decided to pivot her skill set and create her own business.

On this episode, Stephanie shares how soon after she was laid off, she received a phone call from a clinical connection that led her to working at a weight loss camp as the clinical director. And when she returned from the camp she then received a request to work with the Florida National Guard to help Soldiers get back into Warrior condition and from there her idea, Fire Team Whiskey, was born.

With Fire Team Whiskey, Stephanie has created and published four unique eating plans, a specialized line of nutritional shakes, bars, and other performance supplements plus a fitness program that requires no equipment and minimal time. Fire Team Whiskey® encompasses all of the intangible things a Military Member and First Responder are driven by: Duty, Camaraderie and Mission. Stephanie created the very first and only heath and fitness program exclusively for Military Members, Veterans and First Responders.

Stephanie talks about her journey to starting Fire Team Whiskey, the challenges she faced along the way, how she uses social media to grow her brand and why going for no is so important in business!

Learn about Fire Team Whiskey here.

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In this episode, Lisa interviews Licensed Independent Social Worker, Jennifer Wolff where they discuss how trauma affects children. Jennifer covers the following objectives in the interview:

1. Identify trauma related behaviors of high risk adolescents/children at various developmental stages and how to respond appropriately.
2. Demonstrate learned knowledge and usage of skills in working with children/adolescents who have been exposed to trauma.
3. Describe and identify how primary caretakers may be personally affected when working with high risk adolescents/children who have been exposed to trauma or childhood neglect/abuse.
4. List ways to prevent vicarious burnout.

Jennifer Wolff, MSW, LISW-CP(S), CTS, BC-TMH has more than 33 years of administrative and clinical experience in the human services field in both the private and public sector. Her areas of specialty include child/adolescent trauma, corporate and statewide crisis response, collaborative parenting (divorce/custody cases) women's issues, traumatic loss/grief, Disaster Management, PTSD/trauma recovery.

She has trained both professionals and non-professionals on a variety of topics and have served as an expert witness throughout the state in domestic violence, child abuse, PTSD, and sexual assault cases. Jennifer currently serves full time as a Behavioral Health Specialist with the SC National Guard working in the areas of crisis support, short term counseling, deployment/reintegration, advocacy, case management, networking.

Being a Senior Crisis Counselor, she has considerable work experience in the corporate crisis management field where her duties include coordination of national crisis team members, networking/marketing, and responding in the aftermath of traumatic events. Jennifer also serves on several EAP panels and trains statewide and nationally in the areas of Active Shooter and Workplace Violence Prevention.

You can learn more about Jennifer on her website.

About Lisa: Lisa Mustard, MPH, EdS, LMFT is a talk therapist, lover of all things fitness and health, app creator, personal branding consultant and Podcaster.

Course Timeline:

15 mins Introduction and backgrounds

15 mins How to identify trauma related behaviors of high risk adolescents/children at various developmental stages

15 mins Understanding and identifying how primary caretakers may be personally affected when working with high risk adolescents/children who have been exposed to trauma or childhood neglect/abuse.

10 mins Discussion of vicarious burnout

10 Questions and Answers

Disclosure Statement for Jennifer Wolff: Jennifer Wolff receives a speaking honorarium from Mustard Consulting LLC.

My first solo episode is here!

On today's episode, I'm sharing a little bit about me. I go into how and why I became a talk therapist, my decision to become a podcaster, plus how going live on Facebook opened up a new skill set for me and why I love my talk therapists peers.

I hope you give it a listen! If you like what you're hearing, please rate, review and subscribe. Thanks y'all!

Find more good stuff over at www.lisamustard.com.

And connect with me on Facebook and IG.

As a recovering people pleaser, Cathleen Bearse knows all to well what it's like to let her self care go to the wayside. So when she decided to start a blog on self care she really was just looking for a way to communicate what she was learning and implementing when it came to setting boundaries, taking time for herself and recharging her batteries. Along the way, she received amazing responses from her readers and this encouraged her to create her membership group, Self Care Bestie.

Listen in to learn how Cathleen pivoted her skill sets and created a celebrated community of women who are wanting to live their best and most authentic lives.

We also talk about why showing up authentically and consistently on social media is important, how to cultivate a community, and how to get started with creating a membership group.

And It's working! She's helping even more people with accessible and budget friendly options for mental health!

You can find her on www.selfcarebestie.com

And be sure to follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

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