There’s a famous writer that I follow, Ryan Holliday and I love his musings on life and work. In his latest blog, he wrote an article, “How to Create Art (and Work) That Lasts,” and it has golden nuggets of wisdom for our clinical careers BOTH as cautionary–what we can learn to save ourselves from failing and burning out–and as…
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How to Be Resilient in Your Therapy Career, part One
Research Findings that Can Help You Be Successful: Finding the Heart and Soul of Psychotherapy
Research I conducted (in October 2017) with the licensing board in California has revealed that over the past 10 years, only 50% of Associate Marriage and Family Therapists (that’s the intern title for MFTs in Ca. as of 2018) have successfully gotten licensed. And, only 60% of Professional Clinical Counselors (the licensure for LPCCs) have gotten licensed in the past…
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How to Get Leaps and Bounds Ahead in Your Career
Ever wonder how you can muster up the motivation to stay the course and keep going with this career path and road to licensure? It can be so hard day in and day out if you’re feeling discouraged or depleted, trying to find paid work, and earn all your hours. You may have the rewarding position of being an employed…
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What Are We Supposed to Make of These Suicides?
“Why did they do it?” “What makes life so unbearable that the only option is to take their life?” In the wake of several suicides by famous people (Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade), I think it’s so important to contribute to the conversations going on about this. And of course, the first question that comes to many of our minds…
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Finding the Best Route in Your Clinical Career
“Finding meaning in our lives is up to us. We have choices and paths in front us that encompass within them both opportunity and limitations. Those limitations and opportunities extend outward from the choices we make. So choose wisely.” -Tyra Butler, LMFT, Early Career Clinician Community At the risk of sounding a little preachy, I’m venturing out with my virtual…
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