Image: Episode 499 artwork for Modern Therapist's Survival Guide. A close-up photograph shows hands typing on a laptop keyboard. Large white text reads "Why Is It So Hard to Delegate?" A photo of guest Bibi Goldstein, wearing a blue top and dark jacket, appears in the lower right corner. The podcast logo and episode number appear at the top.

Why Is It So Hard for Therapists to Delegate? Letting Go of Control Over Scheduling, Billing, and Bookkeeping – An Interview with Bibi Goldstein

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Why Is It So Hard for Therapists to Delegate? Letting Go of Control Over Scheduling, Billing, and Bookkeeping – An Interview with Bibi Goldstein Maybe you’re still building superbills in a spreadsheet because you know exactly how it works.…
Image: Episode 498 artwork for Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide. An open lined notebook and pen appear in the background with the title “Private Practice Has Changed. Now What?” A photo of guest Dr. Ajita Robinson, LCPC, appears in the lower right.

Private Practice Has Changed. Now What? How Therapists Can Find Clients and Stay Profitable – An Interview with Dr. Ajita Robinson, LCPC

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Private Practice Has Changed. Now What? How Therapists Can Find Clients and Stay Profitable – An Interview with Dr. Ajita Robinson, LCPC If your caseload has thinned out and the directory listing that used to fill your practice barely pays…
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Skill Issue or Systemic Reality? Systems, Platforms, and What Therapists Are Still Responsible For

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Skill Issue or Systemic Reality? Systems, Platforms, and What Therapists Are Still Responsible For A payer cuts reimbursement by 12 percent and adds a six page renewal form. A platform runs your credentialing, your marketing, and your client…
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What This Work Asks of Therapists: Integration, Not Knowing, and the Capacity to Stay – An Interview with Juliane Taylor Shore, LMFT, LPC, SEP

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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 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

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

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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

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

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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

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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…
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Why Therapists Stop Working with Kids and What It Takes to Stay: Sustainability, Boundaries, and Pivots for the Long Haul

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Why Therapists Stop Working with Kids and What It Takes to Stay: Sustainability, Boundaries, and Pivots for the Long Haul Curt Widhalm, LMFT, and Katie Vernoy, LMFT push back on the idea that working with kids is the "starter home" of private…