Podcast Episodes

Image: Episode 495 artwork for Your Client Is Not a Category. Four different autumn leaves are arranged across a blue wooden background, with a photo of guest Alex Iantaffi, Ph.D., LMFT. Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide branding appears at the top.

Your Client Is Not a Category: Binary Thinking, Gender Trauma, and Presence as a Clinical Skill – An Interview with Alex Iantaffi

#ModernTherapistProblems, Advocacy, Diversity and Cultural Competence, Modern Therapist Podcast, Special Populations

Your Client Is Not a Category: Binary Thinking, Gender Trauma, and Presence as a Clinical Skill – An Interview with Alex Iantaffi Grad school handed most of us a short stack of checkboxes for gender, sexuality, and relationship structure,…

Image: Episode 494 artwork for Just a Hypothesis. The graphic shows a person writing with a blue pen at a desk, alongside a photo of guest Dr. Nikki Rubin. Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide branding appears at the top.

Just a Hypothesis: Case Formulation and Treatment Planning for Real-World Therapy – An Interview with Nikki Rubin, PsyD

#ModernTherapistProblems, Deliberate Practice, Efficiency, Modern Therapist Podcast, Therapist Education

Just a Hypothesis: Case Formulation and Treatment Planning for Real-World Therapy – An Interview with Nikki Rubin, PsyD Somewhere between the case conceptualization you stayed up until three in the morning writing in graduate school and the…

Image: Episode 493 artwork for What This Work Asks of Therapists. The graphic features a rock partially submerged in calm water beneath a cloudy sky, with a photo of guest Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP, and Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide branding.

What This Work Asks of Therapists: Integration, Not Knowing, and the Capacity to Stay – An Interview with Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP

#ModernTherapistProblems, Burnout, Career Sustainability, Modern Therapist Podcast, Therapist Education

What This Work Asks of Therapists: Integration, Not Knowing, and the Capacity to Stay – An Interview with Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP We collect modalities like trading cards. We are taught to be the expert in the room. And most…

Image: Episode 492 artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide titled “Clinical Depth: Not Tools, Hacks, and Sound Bites.” The graphic features a view beneath the surface of deep blue water, reinforcing the episode’s focus on clinical depth.

The Clinical Depth Principle: Why Therapy Cannot Be Reduced to Tools, Hacks, and Sound Bites

#ModernTherapistProblems, Curt and Katie Chat, Deliberate Practice, Modern Therapist Podcast, Therapist Education

The Clinical Depth Principle: Why Therapy Cannot Be Reduced to Tools, Hacks, and Sound Bites Tools have their place. If a square breathing exercise keeps a client from throwing their phone across the room, that is a good outcome. But somewhere…

Image: Episode 491 artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide titled “Burnout Before Licensure: A Supervision Problem.” The image shows an overwhelmed person sitting at a laptop with their head resting in their hand. Text notes that the episode is a Continuing Education podcourse.

Burnout Before Licensure: Why Prelicensed Therapist Exhaustion Is a Supervision Problem, Not a Time Management Problem

#ModernTherapistProblems, Burnout, Career Sustainability, Modern Therapist Podcast, Pre-Licensed, Supervision, Therapist Education

Burnout Before Licensure: Why Prelicensed Therapist Exhaustion Is a Supervision Problem, Not a Time Management Problem Curt Widhalm, LMFT, and Katie Vernoy, LMFT examine why prelicensed clinicians are entering the workforce already depleted,…

Image: Episode 490 artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide titled “You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way Out of Burnout,” featuring pizza in the background and photos of guests Kimberly Johnson, PhD, LMHCD, and Lucy Li, MD.

You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way Out of Burnout: Moral Injury, Compassion Fatigue, and Treating Healthcare Workers – An Interview with Kimberly Johnson, PhD, LMHCD, and Lucy Li, MD

#ModernTherapistProblems, Burnout, Modern Therapist Podcast, Special Populations, Suicide, Therapist Education

You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way Out of Burnout: Moral Injury, Compassion Fatigue, and Treating Healthcare Workers – An Interview with Kimberly Johnson, PhD, LMHCD, and Lucy Li, MD If you have had a healthcare worker in your practice, you…

Image: Episode 489 artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide titled “Rest, By Force or By Choice,” featuring a quiet park bench surrounded by greenery and a photo of guest Cecily Moore, PhD.

Rest By Force or By Choice: Burnout, Self-Care, and Sustainable Practice for Therapists – An Interview with Cecily Moore, PhD

#ModernTherapistProblems, Burnout, Career Sustainability, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Whole Person Therapist

Rest, By Force or By Choice: Burnout, Self-Care, and Sustainable Practice for Therapists – An Interview with Cecily Moore, PhD You were trained to hold it together. To be the calm one, the steady one, the blank slate who can absorb whatever…

Image: Episode artwork for The Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide, Episode 488, titled “Suffering Is Collective, So Is Healing.” The background shows a group of people gathered closely in a supportive embrace. A portrait of guest Dr. Suzan Song, smiling at the camera, appears in the lower right. Text identifies the episode as an interview with Dr. Suzan Song and includes the website mtsgpodcast.com.

Suffering Is Collective, and So Is Healing: Belonging, Ritual, and Meaning in Uncertain Times – An Interview with Suzan Song, MD

#ModernTherapistProblems, Authentic Self, Burnout, Career Sustainability, Crisis Management, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Therapist Safety, Whole Person Therapist

Suffering Is Collective, and So Is Healing: Belonging, Ritual, and Meaning in Uncertain Times – An Interview with Suzan Song, MD If you have spent the past several months trying to breathe your way through systemic collapse, wondering whether…

Image: Episode 487 artwork for Modern Therapist's Survival Guide titled "Sustainability is a Fundamental Responsibility." The graphic features a small green seedling growing from rocky soil, symbolizing resilience, growth, and building a sustainable therapy practice.

Sustainability Is a Fundamental Responsibility: Therapist Burnout, Moral Injury, and the Systems We Practice Within

#ModernTherapistProblems, Burnout, Career Sustainability, Curt and Katie Chat, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Whole Person Therapist

Sustainability Is a Fundamental Responsibility: Therapist Burnout, Moral Injury, and the Systems We Practice Within Curt Widhalm, LMFT, and Katie Vernoy, LMFT open a new set of conversations on the modern therapist principles, beginning with…

Image: Episode 486 artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide titled “What It Means to Be a Modern Therapist,” featuring Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy in front of an image of a therapy chair.

What It Means to Be a Modern Therapist: The Principles That Guide Our Work

#ModernTherapistProblems, Advocacy, Authentic Self, Burnout, Career Sustainability, Curt and Katie Chat, Deliberate Practice, Diversity and Cultural Competence, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Whole Person Therapist

What It Means to Be a Modern Therapist: The Principles That Guide Our Work After nearly nine years and almost 500 episodes, Curt and Katie step back to name what this show actually stands for. In this episode they lay out the guiding principles…

Image: The graphic features the Modern Therapist's Survival Guide branding with the title "Episode 485: Are We Really Better at Empathy Than the Bots?" A small yellow toy robot stands against a neutral background, representing the discussion about AI and empathy in mental health care. The podcast website appears in the lower left corner.

Are We Really Better at Empathy Than the Bots? What the Research Says About AI in Therapy

#ModernTherapistProblems, Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Self, Curt and Katie Chat, Modern Therapist Podcast, Skeptics and Outliers

Are We Really Better at Empathy Than the Bots? What the Research Says About AI in Therapy If you spend any time in therapist Facebook groups, you’ve seen the take: AI is a soulless, venture-backed box that could never do the real work of…

Image: The graphic features the Modern Therapist's Survival Guide branding with the title "Episode 484: How AI Tools Are Built." A blurred close-up of hands typing on a laptop serves as the background. Headshots of Megan Toomey and Ian Knox appear in the lower right alongside text identifying them as guests from SimplePractice. The podcast website appears at the bottom of the graphic.

How AI Tools for Therapists Are Built: Trust, Data Privacy, and Choosing What to Adopt – An Interview with Ian Knox and Megan Toomey of SimplePractice

#ModernTherapistProblems, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Modern Therapist Podcast, Technology

How AI Tools for Therapists Are Built: Trust, Data Privacy, and Choosing What to Adopt – An Interview with Ian Knox and Megan Toomey Spend five minutes in a therapist Facebook group and you will find two camps: clinicians convinced AI is…

Your Client Is Not a Category: Binary Thinking, Gender Trauma, and Presence as a Clinical Skill – An Interview with Alex Iantaffi

Just a Hypothesis: Case Formulation and Treatment Planning for Real-World Therapy – An Interview with Nikki Rubin, PsyD

What This Work Asks of Therapists: Integration, Not Knowing, and the Capacity to Stay – An Interview with Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP

The Clinical Depth Principle: Why Therapy Cannot Be Reduced to Tools, Hacks, and Sound Bites

Burnout Before Licensure: Why Prelicensed Therapist Exhaustion Is a Supervision Problem, Not a Time Management Problem

You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way Out of Burnout: Moral Injury, Compassion Fatigue, and Treating Healthcare Workers – An Interview with Kimberly Johnson, PhD, LMHCD, and Lucy Li, MD

Rest By Force or By Choice: Burnout, Self-Care, and Sustainable Practice for Therapists – An Interview with Cecily Moore, PhD

Suffering Is Collective, and So Is Healing: Belonging, Ritual, and Meaning in Uncertain Times – An Interview with Suzan Song, MD

Sustainability Is a Fundamental Responsibility: Therapist Burnout, Moral Injury, and the Systems We Practice Within

What It Means to Be a Modern Therapist: The Principles That Guide Our Work

Are We Really Better at Empathy Than the Bots? What the Research Says About AI in Therapy

How AI Tools for Therapists Are Built: Trust, Data Privacy, and Choosing What to Adopt – An Interview with Ian Knox and Megan Toomey of SimplePractice

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