“Your life is not a problem to solve, it’s a journey to love” begins a quote by Andrea Balt. Replace “your life” in the quote above with your development as a therapist….#truth Many therapists are pretty hard on themselves in the “your life” department too. We may be helping clients with their inner critic and […]
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Do you take time to notice who you do well with? Do you notice and reflect on the clients who have made good progress in their work with you? Do you notice the types of clients and presentations that thrive in your care? Or do you tend to focus on who terminates therapy early or
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Beginning private practice is a common factor in diminishing confidence in therapist. While increasingly young
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Hands up if you’re feeling stressed or anxious at the moment? My guess is nearly everyone has experienced some increase to their usual levels of stress and anxiety. This is the way I started the blog post I wrote for my clinic today but the truth is it applies to therapists just the same. Many
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It’s easy as a therapist to put your needs last. Many of us have patterns that help us to become a therapist but that when occurring in their extreme mean we will fail to care for ourselves. We may deny ourselves things like: You might find yourself saying things like “I can do it ,
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A Facebook friend proudly posted an image of her daughter’s first work placement badge that said “provisional psychologist”. “It’s a big achievement” I commented, and I meant it. It isn’t easy to get in to a Masters training program, the course work is heavy and placements are both exciting and daunting. I reflected later how
There is little better for confidence, technique development and practice marketing than the decision to niche. Yet so many therapists are resistant to nicheing. Whenever I talk about it, this is what I hear: But Nadene, All of these objections can be broken down into categories of misinformation, fear, inflexible thinking and scarcity mindset issues.
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Lately I’ve had some interesting conversations about not knowing what to do and vulnerability. It seems some senior psychologists don’t like people to know what they don’t know. They hide from their employees where they get their business ideas from, believing that as leaders they can’t demonstrate any kind of not knowing. That admitting they
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I went to my physio today and we ended up talking about the stages of change after he tells me about the pattern of athletes turning up for last minute tune-ups in final seasons for injuries they’ve been carrying all year. If they win the semifinals they’ll be back for more treatment, but if not
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When the question “how can I inspire confidence and authenticity in my team?” came through as a group entry question, my first feeling was one of dread. I didn’t think I could answer it. Because the truth is the last time I was on a team it was the worst experience of my working life.
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