
What’s next for mental health professionals during COVID?
Advocacy, COVID-19, In the News, Modern Therapist Blog, Self-Care, WorkforceThe 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…

Online Therapy Apps
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Online Therapy Apps
Curt and Katie chat about online platforms that hire clinicians to provide therapy through their apps. We look at how companies like Talkspace and BetterHelp operate related to their workforce, customer data use, and effective…

Biden and Trump on Mental Health
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Biden and Trump on Mental Health
Curt and Katie chat about policies, promises, and actions taken by President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden related to mental health. We look at mental health parity, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid,…

Therapy with an Accent
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Therapy with an Accent
An interview with Namrata Rindani, LMFT on her experiences as an immigrant from India getting re-trained as a therapist in the United States. Curt and Katie talk with Nam about the systemic problems in the American…

Clinical Supervision and Workforce issues
#ModernTherapistProblems, Advocacy, Burnout, Modern Therapist Blog, Money, Supervision, Therapist Education, WorkforceThe vast majority of clinical supervision research focuses on the interaction between the client and supervisee. More expansive models of supervision will also look at contextual factors, such as the relationship between the supervisor and supervisee…

Supervision and Employment Aren’t Separate
Modern Therapist Blog, Supervision, WorkforceWe can’t separate supervision from employment anymore
Clinical supervision makes or breaks therapist development. While plenty can go wrong with bad clinical supervision, there is plenty of evidence that good clinical supervision makes…

Getting a J-O-B as a Therapist
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Getting a J-O-B as a Therapist
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist…