Burnout rarely announces itself. For many mental health professionals, it builds slowly, often in the gap between doing meaningful work and losing the spark that made the work feel meaningful in the first place.

In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, EMDR approved consultant, clinical supervisor, and faculty associate at Arizona State University, to talk about what actually keeps a career sustainable over the long haul. Lorain brings 18 years of experience working with high-achieving professionals and clinicians, and she shares how staying connected to your core values, not just your caseload, can be the difference between thriving and burning out.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why learning as a core value can act as a built-in burnout prevention strategy.
• How your caseload can organically reveal a niche within your niche.
• The mental health patterns most common in therapist entrepreneurs, including ADHD, anxiety, and perfectionism.
• Why not everyone needs to follow the same career trajectory and why that is actually okay.
• How to identify the parts of your work that drain you and what to do about them.
• The role AI note-writing and customizable EHRs are playing in reducing clinician burnout.
• How Lorain structures supervision using HIPAA-compliant tools like Google Workspace and Dropbox.

Connect with Lorain Moorehead:
Website: https://lorainmoorehead.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theselfcareapist/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@selfcareapist
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theselfcareapist

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