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Join Jen & Alyx as we discuss all things Continuing Education, Self Care, and Real Life Despite Reel Life 😊 

We each have our own quest to travel that is full of dragons as we seek to level up and become an Optimized Therapist in life and practice.

• To Certify or Not?
• Compasses in Life
• Continuing Education Information and Options
• Deciding what and where to learn to support your path
• IKIGAI
• Mission, Vision, Values, Passion
• Opposite Action
• Choice Points
• Energy Givers and Energy Takers
• Rust Out
• Toxic Workplace
• Doing versus Being
• Invest in Self

Prominent sayings in this episode

• "Do it for me"
• "Real life in reel life"

Podcast Link:
Listen now on your favorite podcast platform or by visiting http://therapistsoffscript.com

Resources Mentioned:
Simple Practice Learning
Psychwire
Clearly Clinical
CE4Less
Good Therapy [Please mention Jennifer Hyatt at [email protected]]
Modern Therapists
Barbara Griswold
Diane Gehart
In Person Events
Udemy
Skillshare [Jen's Referral Link]

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Join Jen & Alyx as we discuss all things client termination 😊 

There is a multitude of things to consider as clients head towards discharge and we do our best to cover the ins and outs for our clients best interest and benefit.

• Termination
• Beginning with the End in Mind
• Client Check In
• Imposter Syndrome
• Risks and Benefits
• Booster Sessions
• Therapist Style
• Therapist Orientation
• Logistics of Beginning Therapy
• Relationship Ruptures
• Scheduling
• Fish Tanks 
• Stages of Readiness
• Levels of Care
• More than Baseline
• Medical Necessity 
• GIRP Progress Note
• Intake Calls
• Art and Science of Psychotherapy
• Reduced Fees
• Scope of Practice and Scope of Competence
• Referrals
• Transference and Countertransference
• Therapist and Client Match
• Good Enough Therapist
• Supervision and Consultation
• Therapist Capacity

Podcast Link:
Listen now on your favorite podcast platform or by visiting http://therapistsoffscript.com

Resources Mentioned:
SRS and ORS By Scott D. Miller
Working Alliance Inventory by Horvath & Greenberg
Open Path Collective

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Join Jen and Alyx as we discuss Seasons of a Therapist: Path to Licensure (Part Three) and Becoming a Supervisor

Everything you need to know as you head towards being a Licensed Mental Health Professional with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (California)

Podcast Link:
Listen now on your favorite podcast platform or by visiting http://therapistsoffscript.com

Resources Mentioned:
Therapist Development Center
Dr. Ben Caldwell with Ben Caldwell Labs (Facebook)
Track Your Hours
AATBS

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Join Jen and Alyx as we discuss Seasons of a Therapist: Path to Licensure (Part Two) The Associate Path

Everything you need to know as you enter into being a Registered Associate with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (California)

Podcast Link:
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Resources Mentioned:
Therapist Development Center
Dr. Ben Caldwell with Ben Caldwell Labs (Facebook)
Track Your Hours
AATBS

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Join Jen and Alyx as we discuss Seasons of a Therapist: Path to Licensure (Part One) 

 Topics: 

·      Importance of connection and network of support along your path to licensure

·      Learning from others who have traveled the path without a time machine

·      Hearing a former trainees experience 

·      When practicum starts in grad school

·      When you begin seeing “real clients”

·      The first client session

·      When the imposter syndrome shows up

·      Normalizing first time jitters

·      Choosing your grad school program and trainee site

·      Importance of mentors and paying it forward

·      Acclimating to being a therapist

·      Honing the inherit natural abilities as a therapist

·      Abundance Mindset versus Scarcity Mindset

·      Interconnected mental health field and individual provider’s web

·      Know your why’s (values-based) of being a supervisor

·      Seasons of a Therapist

·      Growth Mindset

·      Throwback to Mt. Everest (episode one)

·      Learn everyday

·      Paperwork/ documentation as a supervisee

·      Importance of getting your hours (and other docs) signed as you travel the path

·      Minimum and Maximum Trainee hours one may earn while in grad school

·      Important questions to ask when selecting trainee site

·      Direct and Indirect Hours

·      Career Fair

·      Interviewing for your Trainee Site (plan ahead)

·      Earning supervision hours while in grad school

·      90-Day Rule 

·      Trainees may only work in exempt sites (associates may work in private practice and / or corporations (only with first registration number up to 6 years)

·      Unit ratios overview within individual, triadic, and group supervision

·      Supervision ratios to be able to count experience for any given week

·      Do not be afraid to ask questions

·      Constructive feedback versus damaging feedback

·      Taken advantage of learning and growth opportunities

·      Juggling multiple supervisors

·      Leveling up as a supervisee

·      Regardless of where you are on the path—never stop asking questions

·      When you stop learning, you stop growing

·      Shout Out to Powerful Supervisors

 Resources:

“On Being a Therapist” by Kottler (affiliate link)

Track Your Hours

CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists)

Dr. Ben Caldwell

Master Checklist for MFT Licensure

BBS Forms and Publications

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Untangling from the Red Tape of Rust Out to Burn Out

• Preventions and Antidotes 
• Burn Out Settings
• Hating on Humanity 
• Stuckedness 
• Keeping the Love for Humanity through Licensure and Beyond
• Contributors to Burn Out: Lowest Experienced Therapists with Highest Need Populations, High Commitment for 3,000 hours path (with low to no pay), Barriers, High Documentation Demands, Caseload Overload, High Expectations, Productivity Standards, Contagious with Desensitized Supervisors, Traps on the Path to Licensure
• Symptom Domains: Physical, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental
• Antidotes: Burn Out prevention impact us and lots of ways we can prevent 
• Catch the signs early 
• Self-Denial as a symptom 
• Importance of Self-Care
• Pace your hours with what works best for you 
• Spreading awareness 
• Tending to Our Needs
• Re-aligning Our Goals and Expectations for Self
• Evaluate and Prioritize Weekly Schedule and Reduce/ Eliminate Demands, as Needed to Re-Align 
• Know Yourself and What Works for You 
• Establishing Healthy Boundaries and Setting Margins in Life
• Zombie Brain = Too Many Demands and Work/ Life Balance
• Know Your Burn Out Indicators
• Deciding How Many Clients in a Day Works for You as a Therapist
• Associate Churn Mills
• Reseting Mental Health Field Demands Together
• Systems of Brokenness 
•  Standing for Our Needs--Enough is Enough
• Therapists Are Human Too with our own Needs and Limits
• Combat People Pleasing Tendencies 
• Therapist as Helpers (Enneagram 2)
• Power of No's and Yes's
• Staying Well on this Path to Licensure for Self and Clients
• Importance of Personal Therapy for Setting Margins in Life 
• Scheduling Self-Care (including meals and breaks)
• Setting your daily and weekly schedule for what works for you
• Separate Work and Personal Phone 
• Access to Therapist in Off Hours 
• Importance of Powering Off
• Equipping Clients for Crisis When Therapist is not accessible
• Colleague Access when Therapist is Away on Vacation
• Eat-Move-Sleep-Connect (Alyx and Jen Perspectives)
• Fueling your Body
• Moving Your Body
• Quality Sleep
• Connect with Self and Others
• Being versus Doing Modes
• Pouring into Hobbies and Interests
• Creativity Alive = Well-Being
• Personal and Professional Life Balance
• Building of Personal and Professional Support Systems
• Time Management Strategies
• Identify Barriers Ahead and Develop a Plan of Response
• Therapist for Therapists Collective
• Importance of Networking
• Importance of positive support
• Pay it Forward within Support
• Spread the Goodness 
• Power Off (Checking Email on Computer--Keep it off your Phone)
• Boundaries with Checking Emails in Pre-Determined Times
• Push Back on Hustle Culture- Stop Glorification of Busy- Worth not Measured by Your Productivity
• Ask What is Mine to Hold
• Eisenhower Matrix
• Scheduling within Peaks and Valleys of Time/ Energy 
• Prioritize No and Yes's
• Leaving Work on Time
• Finishing Notes 
• Scheduling Buffers 
• Healthy versus Rigid Boundaries 
• Sacrificing values, time, health and overall well-being
• Colleague Check Ins and Consult Groups
• Empathy is a Super Power or Our Kryptonite  

Resource Shared in this Episode:
https://www.therapyfortherapistscollective.com/
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Join Jen & Alyx as they discuss "Do Not Let Your Battery Get Zapped- Rust Out to Burn Out" (Part One of Two)

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Join Jen & Alyx as they discuss the importance of finding an ideal Supervisor / Supervisee match on the journey to becoming a Mental Health Therapist.   Part Two from the Supervisee Perspective.

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Join Jen & Alyx as they discuss the importance of finding an ideal Supervisor / Supervisee match on the journey to becoming a Mental Health Therapist.   Part one of two

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Resource mentioned:
Motivo at https://motivohealth.com/

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Join Jen & Alyx as they discuss a multitude of topics to consider when seeking out an ideal position after grad school as a mental health psychotherapist.  

This episode includes topics such as:

• Where to look
• Who and what to consider
• Ideal client(s) and niche
• Specialists or generalist practices
• Theoretical orientations
• Interview questions
• How services are delivered
• Medical versus holistic mindset
• Insurance versus private pay
• Exempt versus non-exempt settings
• In person, telehealth, and/ or hybrid positions
• Aligning your mission, vision, and values with a mental health position
• Post the pay, Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, and Act Your Wage
• Balancing value in pay and passion in practice.

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