Practical, honest guidance for early-career therapists navigating the unexpected demands of building a mental health career.
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Managing income, understanding insurance, and building stability on a fee-for-service schedule.
How to work with it, not just push through it. Pushing through only gets you so far.
Practical frameworks and homework you can bring into session this week, not someday.
Protecting your energy so you can show up for clients for the long haul.
Licensure, ethics, documentation, and all the things grad school didn't cover.
A question worth sitting with. Journal it, share it, or let it live in the back of your mind.
“Our profession is one of the most needed in the world. We, the providers, deserve more support.”
I started this newsletter because my first job out of grad school was a nightmare I was entirely unprepared for: little or no supervision, unmanageable caseloads, no professional development. The more therapists I talked to, the more I realized I wasn't alone. So here we are.
Alyssa Petersel, LCSW · Founder & CEO, MyWellbeing
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