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Episode 12 (S2): Heidi and Dom talk about what it is like working in their first professional positions. They identify the challenges and realizations of what it is like to be a developing therapist.

Episode 11 (S2): Heidi and Dom inform their listeners about all the changes they have experienced since the last episode of season 1. From pre-graduation to post-graduation, they reflect on the experiences of graduating, relocating, and starting their professional careers as associate therapists. 

Episode 10: Heidi and Dom welcome Erin, a coordinator and former hotline counselor onto this episode. Erin shares her experience as a peer counselor and her plans towards becoming a therapist. Erin talks about emotional needs, social connection, and peer support during the ongoing pandemic.

Episode 9: Heidi and Dom acknowledge their present feelings of excessive stress, exhaustion, and overwhelm. They have an authentic conversation around what it is really like after a long or challenging day seeing clients/at practicum. 

Episode 7: Heidi and Dom welcome their cohort mate Pearl onto this episode. Pearl uses her personal and professional insight to explain what codependency is, what it can look like (through a culturally sensitive lens), and her “sitting on your hands” technique.

Episode 6: Heidi and Dom welcome their cohort-mate Emma onto this episode. Emma shares her story of shifting careers, personal experience in long term therapy and what is it like for a therapist to be in therapy.

Episode 5: Heidi and Dom demystify associateships (employment after graduation/pre-licensure) in their own words. Thinking about careers post-graduation may look like, they candidly discuss their expectations versus reality.