Becoming a Therapist
Helping aspiring therapists on their journey
Any identifying information has been altered to protect the identity of the clients portrayed. In late August of 2019 I was gearing up to see my first clients. My supervisor told me I would be …
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One of the great tasks of beginning therapists is believing deep down in your bones that you are enough. I didn’t start out believing this. Far from it, actually. Each session felt like a stage I …
Anger has always been a tricky emotion for me. Ever since I was a child, I would tense up if I could sense anger in the room. I also struggled to experience and express my own anger. It often felt …
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One of my biggest fears my first year being a therapist was not knowing what to say. I had this internal pressure of wanting (needing, actually) to be helpful and this perceived external pressure from …
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I’m increasingly convinced that beginning therapists should be spending more time learning how to take care of themselves and recover from the work than learning theory and interventions. Stability …
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Typically, I write these newsletters a week in advance. But today I'm writing to you the morning of. It's been one of those weeks. My grandparents aren't doing so well, so we're trying to spend …
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