
Returning to the Office
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Returning to the Office
Curt and Katie chat about the considerations for reopening offices closed during shelter in place orders. We talk through the specific logistical, clinical, and legal and ethical elements of the decision-making process…

Gaslighting Therapists
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Gaslighting Therapists
Curt and Katie talk about the concern that therapists will be gaslit as therapist workforce takes on the next epidemic – the mental health pandemic. We discuss how mental health workers are seen as essential, but…

Gaslighting the Mental Health Workforce
Advocacy, Business, In the News, Modern Therapist Blog, SuicideI’ve seen several people share this article about the gaslighting that will occur after the COVID-19 pandemic in an urge to get to a sense of normalcy. One of the places that we will fully expect to see this is in the roles of mental health…

CAMFT Ethics Code Update
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CAMFT Ethics Code Update
Curt and Katie talk about the updates to the Ethics Code for CAMFT that was approved in December, 2019. We talk about the new guidance on testimonials, marketing to each other’s clients, and duplication of services.…

Dissociation in Therapy: An Interview with Dr. Jamie Marich
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Dissociation in Therapy: An Interview with Dr. Jamie Marich
An interview with Dr. Jamie Marich on how to navigate through dissociation in the therapy room. Curt and Katie interview Jamie about her own experiences with dissociation and what…

Unlearning Very Bad Therapy: An Interview with Carrie Wiita and Ben Fineman
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Unlearning Very Bad Therapy An Interview with Carrie Wiita and Ben Fineman
An interview with Carrie Wiita and Ben Fineman, MFT Trainees and the co-hosts of the Very Bad Therapy podcast. Curt and Katie interview Ben and Carrie about their…

Iran, The News, and Your Clients: An Interview with Pardis Mahdavi, PhD and Negeen Moussavian, AMFT
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Iran, The News, and Your Clients: An Interview with Pardis Mahdavi, PhD and Negeen Moussavian, AMFT
An interview with Pardis Mahdavi, PhD, and Negeen Moussavian, AMFT, regarding Iran, current events, and how the news might impact Iranian…

Special Episode: Striking for the Future of Mental Healthcare
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Special Episode: Striking for the Future of Mental Healthcare
Special Episode: Curt and Katie talk about the recent NUHW- Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Worker Strike. Katie interviews a National Union of Healthcare Workers representative,…

Modern Therapists Strike Back
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Modern Therapists Strike Back
Curt and Katie talk about union therapists and a strike in California. We look at antitrust, labor disputes, implications of striking, and how to improve working conditions, treatment, and outcomes.
It’s…

Vulnerability, The News, and You: An Interview with Dr. Abigail Weissman
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Vulnerability, The News, and You: An Interview with Dr. Abigail Weissman
An interview with Dr. Abigail Weissman, a psychologist and self-proclaimed “super queer.” Curt and Katie talk with Abi about how she decides which aspects of her…