Stuff You Wish You Learned in Grad School with Jennifer Agee, LCPC

During this episode, I talk with Daniel Sanchez (he/him) about online marketing. You’ve heard of SEO (and maybe SEM) and I interview Daniel about all the things therapists need to know to understand the simple and cost-effective ways we can level up our online marketing. 

Daniel helps therapists create Brand Identity and to ensure that their digital footprint is creating traffic to their website and social media. Daniel develops a brand kit for therapists, offers website development, and ensures that there are solid SEO protocols for the therapists' online presence. Daniel is also an expert in Google Ad Words and is looking forward to helping therapists at the retreat with the practice tools they need to drive traffic to their website and other online profiles.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• SEM vs SEO
• Using Google My Business to increase traffic to your website
• How to get top position on search engines
• Is CPC – Cost Per Click worth the investment
•  Pay to Play with Google
• Brand Marketing and Brand Design  - here are the essentials
• Recent changes to Google algorithm and AI that effect SEO
• What must be included in your website to attract a new audience and drive traffic to your site
• Strategies for therapists who want to be on social media and those who do not
• Social Media content planning

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Daniel’s website 

• Marketing for Mental Health Professionals Facebook Page

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, I talk with Susan Dunaway (she/her), LCPC, BCN about Neurofeedback. It’s something we’ve all heard of, but don’t necessarily understand. I ask the questions we want to know! 

Susan has been a therapist for over 20 years and is the co-owner of Amend Neurocounseling. Amend specializes in neurofeedback, a tool that helps the brain regulate attention, mood, and energy. They combine neurofeedback with talk therapy, parenting work and couples work. 

Her clients deal with ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and post-concussion symptoms. A large part of her practice also addresses screen-based issues in children and teens.

Susan is also a sought-after speaker for educators, parents, and the general community on screen-related issues.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• Neurofeedback is like physical therapy for the brain 
• Biofeedback to Neurofeedback
• Mind vs Brain and Beta waves interaction and intersection
• Can clients get off medication using neurofeedback? 
•  Frequency of neurofeedback to be effective
• Neurotransmitters and your gut
• Diagnosis and areas that neurofeedback has a proven track record of success
• The effect of viruses on the brain

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Susan’s website 

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, I talk with Dr. Jenna Renfroe (she/her) about the importance of business ownership, neuropsychology and how to optimizing brain health. 

Jenna is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. She received her doctoral training at the University of Florida (Go Gators!) in Clinical and Health Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Neuropsychology and then completed an internship in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System, through Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine. 

Jenna completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship with the Movement Disorders Center of Excellence at the Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosciences. ​ She has specialized training in the neuroscience of emotion, anxiety, and mindfulness. 

Jenna has a heart for veterans and works extensively with active duty and veteran members of the United States Armed Forces. One of the highlights of her career is ongoing work with an interdisciplinary team of experts that teaches resiliency and leadership skills to active duty military leaders through the 360 Program. ​

 Above all, Jenna has a passion for helping others and connecting to the human spirit. She is determined to help people care for themselves better in early to middle adulthood, to stave off the negative effects of emotional and physical illness and continue to thrive throughout their lifespan.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• Baby steps in the beginning of business ownership – outsourcing and networking 
• Authenticity and creating win-win networking relationship
• 360 Program in working with Veterans 
• What the heck is Neuropsychology and how can therapists work with these practitioners for the benefit of our clients
•  Tips to optimize brain health
• Neurotransmitters and your gut
• Benefits of diet, exercise and sleep

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Jenna’s website 

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, I talk with Norine Vander Hooven (she/her), LCSW, EMDRIA Certified and Approved Consultant, about how to discuss the topic of suicidal thoughts with clients and how to assess for suicidal risk. This is a topic most therapists feel nervous having, and we give you the language to use to begin having these conversations more comfortably.  

Norine served as the Youth Suicide Prevention Chair for the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) for three years (2017-2020). She is certified in EMDR therapy and is also an Approved EMDR consultant. Norine’s areas of expertise are complex trauma, suicide, EMDR Intensives, Intensives for CEOs and high-level executives, and consultation for therapists.

Norine is also the founder and owner of Westlake Trauma & Resilience. They provide EMDR therapy and Intensive EMDR Therapy. She is licensed in California and Nevada.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• Facing the fear of asking about suicidal thoughts 
• Active vs Passive Suicidal thoughts – how to explain this to clients
• Confronting clients fear of involuntary hospitalization and getting “grippy socks”
• When clients get quiet or animated, pay attention
•  Recommended suicide risk assessments
• Our language matters when talking about suicide. Here is what to say and not to say. 
• Times of year when suicide risk increases

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Norine’s offer: 6 hr Suicide Risk Assessment Course for $89 plus approx $36 for CE credit 

• Westlake Trauma & Resilience and EMDR Consultation website 

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, TJ Walsh (he/him), LPC NCC CCTP Clini-Coach and I talk very openly and honestly about our experiences of burnout and the tools and rituals we use to get our energy back in balance. This episode is raw, real and offers real solutions. 

TJ Walsh is an internationally exhibited artist who has nurtured creativity in heARTs and minds for decades. He regularly writes and speaks about art, culture, faith & mental health and is an expert in human relationships, human creativity, the creative process, fear, and procrastination. TJ owns a group private practice and is on faculty at Eastern University, where he provides supervision for doctoral candidates. 

Over the past 20 years, TJ has worked at the colorful intersection of creativity, art, therapy, and education. He is an innovative, out-of-the-box, creative clinician turned coach (Clini-Coach®) and Licensed Professional Counselor who helps others nurture their creative life so that they can be whole heARTed life healers. He currently lives in Philadelphia, PA, with his partner and two sons, where together they share 65 houseplants and a very robust and growing collection of artwork from emerging Philadelphia-based artists.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• Paying the price of getting behind the burnout cue ball
• Burnout tells for therapists 
• Questioning our worth and value
• Managing your energy to reduce burnout
• Childhood narratives that affect our views of “self-sacrifice”
• Therapy groups, the good, the bad and the ugly when you're burned out
• Using different types of creativity and rituals to support life balance
• How to Etch A Sketch the “should”
• Getting in touch with your playful parts of self to realign 

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       TJ’s website

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

• Spain: Private Practice Entrepreneurial Retreat April 24-29, 2023 co-hosted with All Things Private Practice

During this episode, I talk with Kelsi Grove (she/her), LCPC, about the Enneagram. Kelsi and I dive in and go through the Enneagram types and how understanding these numbers can improve your relationships, your business and leadership. 

Kelsi is an Enneagram 9 and licensed clinical professional counselor in the Kansas City area specializing in adolescents and adults with anxiety, depression, life transitions and identity work. She's continually excited to get to bring the Enneagram into her counseling work and continue her own growth through it as well. Her most favorite part of her work is getting to help people come home to themselves. Outside of her career, she enjoys college football, summer thunderstorms and re-reading Glennon Doyle's "Untamed" over and over. 

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• What is the Enneagram and why does it matter?
• Enneagram Testing
• Core fear and desires of each Enneagram type
• How understanding your type can help you as a business owner and leader

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Kelsi’s website

• Kelsi’s Instagram

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, I talk with Corrin Voeller (she/her), LMFT, about Discernment Counseling and how to help couples on the brink of divorce or uncoupling. 

Corrin is a licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of Prosper Therapy. She specializes in working with couples on the brink of divorce and helping men increase their emotional intelligence to save their relationships. She has a social media presence as Corrin the Counselor. Her funny, upbeat, and direct personality is infused into her work, drawing in people looking for counseling to feel less traditional and more real.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• What is Discernment Counseling all about?
•  How to help couples when they are not sure if they want to make the relationship work. 
• 3 Paths in Discernment Counseling
• Helping couples communicate clearly
• How to get couples unstuck
• The evolution of long, term committed relationships
• Being a therapist can create a different growth trajectory in relationships
• Raising Emotional Intelligence 

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Corrin’s website

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, I talk with Montoyia McGowan (she/her), LCSW,  about the importance of what Montoyia calls "Bougie Boundaries". Many entrepreneurs struggle with codependency and it shows up and impacts our businesses and life balance in a variety of ways. Montoyia opens up about her own struggles with codependency and how she has healed and now thrives in her practice. 

Montoyia McGowan is the owner and Chief mental wellness therapist of Stopping the Chase Counseling and Consulting in Memphis, TN. She helps empower creatives, artists and entrepreneurs to stop the mentally exhausting cycle of chasing people, places, things and relationships we often feel would contribute to our happiness. 

Montoyia is also the host of Bougie Black Therapist Podcast where she interviews entrepreneurs and other clinicians to help inspire therapists during the process of starting and maintaining their own business. She desires to help make therapy an important aspect of self-care.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why entrepreneurs are at risk of codependency 
• The price of not upholding boundaries in your business
• Bougie Boundaries - what are they and how to enforce them

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Montoyia’s website

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

During this episode, I talk with Kari Gregory (she/her), LPC, LCPC, NCC about understand the nuance in diagnosing OCD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Phobia or something else. Grad school makes us think diagnosing anxiety disorders is clear and easy and that just isn’t true. 

Kari has a private practice in the Kansas City area specializing in the treatment of adults with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related disorders. She has specialized training in the treatment of anxiety disorders and OCD from the Behavioral Therapy Training Institute. Kari is an active member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) where she sits on the OCD Special Interest Group committee and was a previous awardee of the Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program. She is also active with the IOCDF and participates in ongoing consultation groups with Anxiety and OCD specialists nationwide.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

·       Differential diagnosing with anxiety disorders

·       Subtypes of OCD

·       Compulsive behaviors and how they show up in different anxiety disorders

·       Avoidance behaviors- rumination, avoidance and reassurance seeking

·       Thought content differences in anxiety disorders 

• Health Anxiety

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Kari’s website

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022

Copywriting can be intimidating. During this episode, Jennifer walks you through simple exercises to write content that will attract clients who are a good fit for your practice. 

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

·       A tale of 2 marketing pitches

·       What is authenticity in marketing

·       Exercised to get you writing

OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:

·       Jennifer Agee coaching page

·       Counseling Community Facebook community

·       Counseling Community Instagram

·       Alaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023

·       Cabo, Mexico: Dreamer’s Retreat for Entrepreneurial Therapists October 6-8, 2022