
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 EducationJust 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…

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 EducationWhat 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…

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 EducationThe 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…

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 EducationBurnout 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,…

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 EducationYou 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…

Inside the Troubled Teen Industry: Wilderness Therapy, Residential Treatment, and the Harm Done to Kids – An Interview with Chelsea Maldonado and Dr. Will Dobud
#ModernTherapistProblems, Advocacy, In the News, Modern Therapist Podcast, Special Populations, Therapist EducationInside the Troubled Teen Industry: Wilderness Therapy, Residential Treatment, and the Harm Done to Kids – An Interview with Dr. Will Dobud and Chelsea Maldonado
When parents send a teenager to a wilderness therapy program or residential treatment…

What Therapists Need to Know About Neurodivergent Clients and Families: An Interview with David Smith, LCSW
#ModernTherapistProblems, Modern Therapist Podcast, Self-Care, Special Populations, Therapist EducationWhat Therapists Need to Know About Neurodivergent Clients and Families: An Interview with David Smith, LCSW
Curt and Katie talk with David Smith about neurodiversity-affirming therapy, autism, ADHD, PDA, family systems, and burnout for neurodivergent…

Training Therapists in the Age of AI: Preventing Deskilling and Teaching Clinical Judgment
#ModernTherapistProblems, Artificial Intelligence, Continuing Education, Curt and Katie Chat, Modern Therapist Podcast, Supervision, Therapist EducationTraining Therapists in the Age of AI: Preventing Deskilling and Teaching Clinical Judgment
Curt and Katie examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping therapist training, supervision, and clinical practice - and why the greatest risk is…

Why Food Anxiety Is Not Always About Dieting: Understanding ARFID and Intuitive Eating An interview with Robyn L. Goldberg, RDN, CEDS-C
#ModernTherapistProblems, Modern Therapist Podcast, Special Populations, Therapist EducationIntuitive Eating, ARFID, and When Food Anxiety Is Not About Diet Culture
An Interview with Robyn L. Goldberg, RDN, CEDS-C
Diet culture is exhausting, but not every struggle with food is about weight, dieting, or body image. In this episode,…

Why the Math Doesn’t Work: How Student Loan Debt Hits Therapists Harder Than Other Professions – An Interview with Mick MacLaverty
#ModernTherapistProblems, Business, Investment, Modern Therapist Podcast, Money, Therapist EducationWhy the Math Doesn’t Work: How Student Loan Debt Hits Therapists Harder Than Other Professions, An Interview with Mick MacLaverty
Curt and Katie sit down with student loan expert Mick MacLaverty to unpack why student loan debt disproportionately…

