This episode gets into the basics you'll need to start your clinical supervision practice. Don't forget to check out the paperwork bundle with all the templates and tasky checklist you'll need to get started!

This episode was hard for me as I discussed what it was like coming to grips with my chronic illness symptoms, what it was like feeling burnt out and overworked with those symptoms, and what it is like now knowing more about them, self-care, and how to work around them in private practice. I share some of my favorite self-care tools as well!

Psychology Today has had its share of political hot water, but they allowed a journalist to post an article to their blog yesterday which was HIGHLY transphobic in nature. CONTENT WARNING: transphobia and victim blaming.

Please, please check out the show notes and take action asap!

This week's episode is all about what I'm noticing, what I predict will happen as we move into winter here in the US (especially in the northeast). Winter means less light, seasonal depression for many, and feeling even more cooped up and isolated. I talk about what I think will happen for the mental health field and how to prepare and engage in good self-care.

This week, I interviewed Mari Verano, LMFT- an author, consultant, Marriage and Family Therapist, and behavior coach who helps BIPOC and those on the LGBT spectrum identify where they need to set boundaries, and empowers them to do so. Mari has created a 16-week masterclass to help clinicians and others identify toxic behaviors and find boundaries aligned with their needs and well-being, while engaging in meaningful self-care. If you're struggling with other people's behavior, this is an opportunity you don't want to miss!

In this episode, I discuss what would be some of the deciding factors for me if I had to go back and do it all over again, starting with a master's program. From field placement to class content and load, you'll learn everything you should be seeking in the master's program that sets the tone for the rest of your career.

This week, I talk with one of my favorite colleagues who has been through it all- from surgery to transitioning to motherhood, to losing her brother, to moving her practice, to private practice during a pandemic. We talk about these experiences and how they have shaped Ashley as a supervisor and mentor, and what she is working to teach her supervisees about self-care and being human.

This week I go into the subject of high sensitivity with April Snow from The Highly Sensitive Person Facebook group. We discuss what it means to be highly sensitive, how to tell if you or your clients are highly sensitive, how to engage in supervision as a highly sensitive person, and a general discussion of what some highly sensitive people (and therapists) might be experiencing during the various challenges of 2020.

This week, I talk about Marriage and Family Therapy, clinical supervision from this perspective, growing into private practice, and predictions for the mental health field with L. Gordon Brewer, LMFT, from The Practice of Therapy Podcast. We talk about all the things we wish graduate programs taught, what we wish new clinicians and veteran clinicians knew, and what we would want incumbent clinicians to know.

Thinking about entering the mental health field but aren't sure where to start? Consider this your first step in differentiating the different kinds of degrees and licensure there are and what the degree programs each tend to offer. I'll also go into the concept of fieldwork and what to look for in your degree program!