Curt and Katie talk about a recent news story related to Dr. Gregory Eells, the Executive Director of the Counseling and Psychological Services at University of Pennsylvania, who died by suicide in September 2019. We talk about how the understanding of risk factors, the changing face of our profession, and calls for self-care are insufficient to address the mental health needs of mental health professionals.          

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

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Resources mentioned:

We’ve pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.

Your Tango Article: Head of UPenn’s Mental Health Services Dies By Suicide

Psychologist suicide: Incidence, impact, and suggestions for prevention, intervention, and postvention

Dr. Eells’ TEDx talk on Resilience

Center for Collegiate Mental Health, 2015 Annual Report

AUCCCD Survey 2018

Who helps the caregiver? Penn counselor’s suicide highlights how experts aren’t immune from struggles

It’s Not Burnout, It’s Moral Injury by Dr. Zubin Damania

Center for Collegiate Mental Health 2018 – Clinical Load Index

Penn Today: A Conversation with new CAPS Director Gregory Eells

Relevant Episodes:

The Burnout System

Addressing the Burnout System

All Kinds of Burned Out

Impaired Therapists

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Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/