Therapist Burnout Podcast: Mental Health, Business, and Career Tips for Therapists, Counselors, & Psychologists
By Dr. Jen Blanchette
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Are you a Therapist, Counselor, Coach, Psychologist, or Trauma Professional dealing with burnout or compassion fatigue? Do you own your private practice and it's full and you're miserable? Are you working with too many clients in an agency or group practice? Are you considering quitting the profession all together? If so, you've found the right podcast, we will answer the following questions: Am I suffering from burnout? What are the symptoms of therapist burnout? What other things can I do besides therapy or working 1:1 with clients? What other roles or jobs could I do after my career as a therapist or helper? What other business ideas can I explore besides private practice or agency work?
| Episode | Date |
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Signs of Therapist Burnout You're Probably Ignoring
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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104. Overbooked and Overwhelmed: Therapist Burnout Edition
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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103. When Everyone Around You Is Burned Out: A Burnout Story with dbtkiki
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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102. Burnout, Pivots, and Why You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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101. 5 Therapist Burnout lessons in 3 years of podcasting
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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100. What I've learned about Burnout (with Micah Freeman)
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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99. Soft Starts: Rejecting January Reinvention
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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98. Burnout isn't just Exhaustion (especially for Therapists)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Why are Terminations (and endings) are so Hard as a Therapist? (Episode 35 replay)
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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97. Handling the Holidays: Therapist Edition
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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96. Are You Gaslighting Yourself? Breaking Down A$$hole Stories We Tell Ourselves
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Burned Out, Dysregulated, and Still Showing Up: How to Find Safety (Replay)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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95. Our Weird Role: The Worth Gap and The Great Nothing
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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94. Career Pivots: What Job Can I Do Besides Therapy?
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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93. When You Know You’re Done, But You Can’t Leave Yet
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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92. The Grief No One Talks About When You Close Your Practice
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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91. The Path of the Quiet Builder: What Comes After Private Practice
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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90. Is Private Practice a dream or a scam?
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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89. Work-Life Balance is BS—what to do instead
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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88. What Is Therapist Burnout? Understanding the Layers
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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87. Therapist Burnout Story: Real Burnout Talk with Dr. Jason Branch
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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86. Quiet Cracking? Burnout 3.0
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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85. A Letter About Rest
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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84. Should You Start a Podcast as a Therapist? What I’ve Learned in 4 Years
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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83. 5 Questions to Ask Yourself if you Want to Quit Something
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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82. When You are Navigating a Hard Season as a Therapist
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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81. When Summer Feels Like Another Thing You Failed
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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80. Can you be recovered from burnout? Structured Rest for Burnout Recovery
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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79. The Death of the Sabbatical: Therapist Burnout and the Need for Real Rest
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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78. What Do I Even Enjoy Anymore?
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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77. Clinical Caseload Auditing for Burnout (and life)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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76. Calendar Rehab for Therapists
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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75. Cognitive Burnout: Therapist Edition (structured rest series)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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74. Burned Out, Dysregulated, and Still Showing Up: How to Find Safety
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Perfectionism and Burnout: A Therapist Burnout Archives
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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What other jobs can therapists do other than therapy? Rerelease Episode
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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73. Therapist, Your Mental Health Matters Too
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May 26, 2025 |
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72. When a client dies: Clinical Grief, Burnout, and Therapist Mental Health
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May 19, 2025 |
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71. Why We Wait Until We’re Burnt: Interoception, Burnout & Therapist Mental Health
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May 12, 2025 |
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70. Therapist Burnout or Depression? Let’s Get Granular
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May 05, 2025 |
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69. Therapist Burnout Story: Why Burnout Isn’t a Personal Failure with David Politi
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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68. Therapist Scams, Burnout Fog & Neurodiversity (Also... I Got a Puppy 🐶)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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67. Therapist Burnout Story: Group Practice, Money Scripts & the Weight Women Carry
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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66. AI is saving us from burnout: AI Hot takes
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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65. Overbooked & Overwhelmed: UnF#$k your Calandar
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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64. Tips for Overwhelm for Therapists in Burnout
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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63. Therapist Burnout and the Brain: Why You Feel Stuck in Survival Mode
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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62. Choosing a differnt path: Therapist Burnout Story with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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61. Antidotes for Loneliness: Friendship and Therapist Burnout Part 2
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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60. You need a friend
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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59. Am I Depressed or Burned Out?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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58. Burnout and Termination: Part 2
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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57. Burnout and Termination: Part 1
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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56. How do you tell your clients you are closing?
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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55. Ethical Private Practice Closure: The First Steps to Close due to retirement or burnout
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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54. Ask Jen: Should I Close my Practice?
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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53. Therapist Burnout Story: From Overwork to Reimagining your career with Melvin Varghese
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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52. When Burnout Makes Change Feel Impossible (How to Start Anyway)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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51. A$#hole Stories: Reasons it's hard to make a change series
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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50. You're Tired AF: Reasons It's Hard to Make a Change Series
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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49. Fear and Burnout: Reasons it's Hard to Make a Change Series
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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48. Burnout Story: Trusting Yourself to Pivot with Dr. Lisa Herbert
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Therapist Burnout Story Boundaries with Judy Hu: From the Archives
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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47. Handling the Holidays: Therapist Edition
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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46. Holding Space Through Political Tension: Election Week Reflections for Therapists
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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45. Therapist Election Week Survival Tips
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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44. When Burnout Becomes Moral Injury: The Deeper Toll on Therapists
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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43. Moral Injury and Burnout with Dr. Jennie Byrne
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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42. A Therapists Journey Closing Private Practice with Karen Conlon
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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41. Why Is Therapist Burnout Different?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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40. If I Could Do It All Over Again
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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39. The Impact of the Pandemic on Therapists: A Therapist Burnout Story
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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38. Escaping Burnout with Cait Donovan the host of Fried
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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37. The Myth of Work-Life Balance: Therapist Edition
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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36. Burnout in Residential Treatment (Therapist Burnout Story)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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35. Unspoken Endings: Navigating Unilateral Therapy Terminations
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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34. How Burnout Amplifies Imposter Syndrome
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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33. Imposter Syndrome: Therapist Edition
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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32. Burnout Hotake: Why More Are Opting Out of Insurance Panels
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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31. Therapist Burnout Story: Arya Prasad's Story from Mumbai
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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30. Hot Take: Your Phone and Burnout
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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29. Thoughts on 'Anxious Generation' for Therapists: The Decline of the Play-Based Childhood
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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28. 3 Steps to Pivot your Career Away from 1:1 Therapy
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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27. Why Therapists Fantasize About Working at Target: Burnout and Career Reframes
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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26. What other jobs can therapists do other than therapy? Therapist turnover, burnout, and career options
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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25. The Passion Paradox in Therapist Careers: Why Following Your Passion Might Be Bad Career Advice
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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24. The Ethics of Therapy Pricing: Money Roundup and July Previews
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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23. Unlocking Financial Stability for Therapists: Top Reasons Therapists struggle with Financial Burnout
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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22. Therapist Money Scripts: How Therapists Can Move from Money Shame and Financial Burnout to Awareness
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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21: Avoid These 3 Money Mistakes that Make Therapists Want to Quit
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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020: Therapist Burnout Traps with the "Bad Therapist" Felicia
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May 13, 2024 |
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019: The Burnout Traps of Being a "Good" Therapist: Perfectionism, Fear of Disapproval, and More
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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001: ENCORE: My story
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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018: Burnout Reframe: What it means to Quit
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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017: A Therapist Story of Escaping the Cycle of Burnout with Monica Helvie, LMFT
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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016: From Burnout to Rich Life: Rethinking Your Money Goals as a Therapist
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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015: Navigating Busy Season as a Therapist: Burnout concerns as we start a New Year
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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014: Unraveling 2023: Taking Losses as a therapist with Burnout and Celebrating Wins
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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013: Burnout Check-in, Podcast updates, and no pants
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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012: Secret Grief: Attending to the Loss of Therapists
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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011: Redefining Holiday Plans for Therapists
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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010: The Entrepreneurial Therapist: Building a Path Beyond Burnout with Joe Sanock
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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009: Intensives and Retreats: A New Paradigm for Therapists to prevent burnout and boredom
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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008: Burnout Reframe: Embracing Change as a Therapist
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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007: A Therapist Burnout Story: Leaving Private Practice with Annie Schuessler
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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006: Why I decided to quit private practice
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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005: Therapists on the Edge: How Burnout Rewires Your Brain
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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004: From Therapist to Boundary Coach: Judy Hu's Journey to Joy
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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003: Navigating Burnout to Advocate: Christa Harrison's Inspiring Journey
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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002: Love it or Leave it: A Framework for Therapist Career Refresh after Burnout
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Oct 04, 2023 |