Podcast Episodes

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…

Image: Episode artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide, Episode 483, titled "When Clients Bring AI to Therapy." The background shows a person using a smartphone to interact with an AI chatbot. The title appears prominently over the image with Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide branding.

When Clients Bring AI to Therapy: Working with ChatGPT, Sycophancy, and the New Third Wheel in the Room

#ModernTherapistProblems, Artificial Intelligence, Curt and Katie Chat, In the News, Modern Therapist Podcast, Technology

When Clients Bring AI to Therapy: Working with ChatGPT, Sycophancy, and the New Third Wheel in the Room Curt Widhalm, LMFT, and Katie Vernoy, LMFT take on a question they hear constantly from listeners and audiences: what happens when clients…

Image: Episode artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide, Episode 482 titled “Why AI Mental Health Tools Fail When It Matters Most.” The graphic shows a close-up of computer hardware with two guest speakers featured in the lower right corner.

Why AI Mental Health Chatbots Fail When It Matters Most: The Hidden Vulnerabilities Stress-Testing Reveals – An Interview with Shirali and Arul Nigam of Circuit Breaker Labs

#ModernTherapistProblems, Artificial Intelligence, In the News, Modern Therapist Podcast, Suicide, Technology

Why AI Mental Health Chatbots Fail When It Matters Most: The Hidden Vulnerabilities Stress-Testing Reveals – An Interview with Shirali and Arul Nigam of Circuit Breaker Labs More and more therapists are hearing some version of it in session:…

Image: Podcast artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide Episode 481, “AI & Therapist Ethics Codes.” The graphic features a blurred laptop and AI chat interface in the background with the episode title in large text. The episode explores new AI ethics guidance from CAMFT, APA, NASW, ACA, and AAMFT for mental health professionals.

AI Ethics Codes for Therapists: What CAMFT, APA, NASW, and AAMFT Now Require

#ModernTherapistProblems, Artificial Intelligence, Continuing Education, Curt and Katie Chat, In the News, Law and Ethics, Modern Therapist Podcast

AI Ethics Codes for Therapists: What CAMFT, APA, NASW, and AAMFT Now Require Curt and Katie break down how the major mental health ethics codes have been updated for artificial intelligence. Centering on the new CAMFT updates and cross-referencing…

Supporting Conversion Therapy Survivors After Chiles v. Salazar: SOGIECE, Clinical Care, and Community Response – An Interview with Samuel Nieves

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

Supporting Conversion Therapy Survivors After Chiles v. Salazar: SOGIECE, Clinical Care, and Community Response – An Interview with Samuel Nieves “I think what I went through might be conversion therapy, and I’m not sure.” That doubt,…

Image: Podcast artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide Episode 479 titled “Should Conversion Therapy Be Protected Speech?” The image shows the U.S. Supreme Court building in the background with the episode title in large white text.

Should Conversion Therapy Be Protected Speech? What Chiles v. Salazar Means for Conversion Therapy Bans and the Future of the Profession

#ModernTherapistProblems, Advocacy, Curt and Katie Chat, Diversity and Cultural Competence, In the News, Law and Ethics, Modern Therapist Podcast, Special Populations

Should Conversion Therapy Be Protected Speech? What Chiles v. Salazar Means for Conversion Therapy Bans and the Future of the Profession A note before we begin: This episode is a clinical and professional discussion, not legal advice, and Curt…

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

When Clients Bring AI to Therapy: Working with ChatGPT, Sycophancy, and the New Third Wheel in the Room

Why AI Mental Health Chatbots Fail When It Matters Most: The Hidden Vulnerabilities Stress-Testing Reveals – An Interview with Shirali and Arul Nigam of Circuit Breaker Labs

AI Ethics Codes for Therapists: What CAMFT, APA, NASW, and AAMFT Now Require

Supporting Conversion Therapy Survivors After Chiles v. Salazar: SOGIECE, Clinical Care, and Community Response – An Interview with Samuel Nieves

Should Conversion Therapy Be Protected Speech? What Chiles v. Salazar Means for Conversion Therapy Bans and the Future of the Profession

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