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What’s next for mental health professionals during COVID?

Advocacy, COVID-19, In the News, Modern Therapist Blog, Self-Care, Workforce

The COVID pandemic has focused largely on physical health, the role of frontline treatment providers, and the overall public health measures. While not quite as much in front of the news and much less of a priority for funding, we are seeing…

Showing Up for Your Clients

#ModernTherapistProblems, Authentic Self, Burnout, Business, Curt and Katie Chat, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Skeptics and Outliers, Therapist Education, Whole Person Therapist

Showing Up for Your Clients Curt and Katie chat about the importance of therapists in the therapeutic process. We look at how the medical model, upon which the continuing education and ethical guidelines are built, is flawed leading to solely…

Should I Keep My Office?

Business, COVID-19, Modern Therapist Blog, Money, Self-Care

More and more we’re hearing people grappling with the very challenging question – should I keep my therapy office? Many people have moved to virtual therapy for much of their practice, some have added walk and talk or outdoor therapy to…

Shared Traumatic Experiences

#ModernTherapistProblems, Authentic Self, COVID-19, Crisis Management, Curt and Katie Chat, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Therapist Safety, Whole Person Therapist

Shared Traumatic Experiences Curt and Katie chat about the potential that clients will take care of us because we’re all going through the global pandemic. We look at the humanization and boundary shifts that can happen. We also talk about…

Making Decisions Now

Business, COVID-19, Crisis Management, In the News, Modern Therapist Blog, Self-Care

Many of us are two months into quarantine and have settled into a new normal. There are people who are working from home, have shifted to 100% telehealth, and others who have navigated CDC and WHO guidelines to keep going to work or seeing clients…

Traumatizing Trauma Workers: Don’t Leave the choice to the worker

In the News, Modern Therapist Blog, Self-Care, Suicide, Supervision, Therapist Safety

Circling in the news recently and being shared widely on social media is the story of Dr. Lorna Breen, a New York ER doctor who died by suicide after having served in the frontlines in treating cases of COVID-19. While Dr. Breen was not a therapist,…

Gaslighting Therapists

#ModernTherapistProblems, Advocacy, Business, Curt and Katie Chat, In the News, Modern Therapist Podcast, Referrals, Self-Care, Therapist Safety

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…

Now What?

Business, In the News, Law and Ethics, Modern Therapist Blog, Self-Care, Technology, Time Management

Each one of us has had to scramble to shift and change as our world has gone into crisis. Many of us have made a full switch to virtual meetings and sessions. There are economic uncertainties and there is emotional fall-out that we are navigating…

Burnout or Depression

#ModernTherapistProblems, Burnout, Curt and Katie Chat, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care

Burnout or Depression? Curt and Katie talk about the idea that burnout and depression could actually be the same thing. We look at how stigma and a sense of superiority may inhibit clinicians from reporting that they’re actually experiencing…

The Viral Episode

#ModernTherapistProblems, Curt and Katie Chat, In the News, Law and Ethics, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Technology, Therapist Safety

The Viral Episode Curt and Katie talk about the Corona Virus scare. We look at how to take care of ourselves, our clients, and our businesses during the current outbreak. We also look at the mental health impacts and the legal and ethical…