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You will be fine. So many choices. Just don’t get paralyzed with fear and do nothing. Whatever you do, do it with gusto.
What does a successful career look like that features no therapy caseload work?
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I didn't want to do therapy all day until I discovered the wonderful world of PTSD specialty care and evidence-based psychotherapies
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I did my prac and one of my internships (this was all masters level) at outpatient clinics and I had a whole spiral about whether therapy was actually for me.
And then I discovered inpatient psych and RTCs 😍
And then I discovered inpatient psych and RTCs 😍
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Why are people SO MEAN?!! I asked my shaman who asked her chiropractor about trauma, and they agreed with me.
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Yeah....sitting around and listening to people vent, providing purely "supportive" therapy sounds burnout inducing. I appreciate being able to see people improve and actually use my training. It helps tremendously. My least favorite cases are ones where I am noticing I am working much harder than the client. Then I realize I need to take a step back.
Sanman
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Doing purely supportive therapy is also bad practice. Not that it does not happen frequently.
Two lessons here:
1. Don't work harder than the patient (they are not clients or customers).
2. Many people are simply not ready for real therapy (often because they wait until their hair is on fire and it is reaching their scalp)
