The past few weeks have been an absolute shit show for me. The amount of stress, stressor, obligations, have too and tasks to check off of my too do list seemed like a never ending stream of shit. I had finals, evaluations , and end of term bullshit for school. I had treatment plans, …
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When The Professor is Shit
It’s bound to happen at some point in your higher education. Sure, there will be professors that you just don’t like. Maybe your personalities clash, maybe you don’t like their style, maybe a single incident will just leave a bad taste in your mouth. It’s par for the course. But the day will come when …
Close to Home
The moment all clinicians know will happen before they set foot in the field is waited on with baited breathe. It doesn’t matter what type of therapist you are counselor, clinician , or psychiatrist, is all irrelevant. The moment will come when your door opens and you are slapped in the face with familiarity. …
Resets
If you have any experience in this field you’re probably well acquainted with the concept of self-care. In this field it’s as critical theory, technique and practice. Yes, you work with people, yes it can be an emotionally demanding job, yes burnout is possible for everyone….but as therapists we experience second-hand trauma often. …
Why I hate doing an intake
Intakes are par for the course and by the time you begin working in the theraputic process you should be very comfortable with it. But, some of us hate the process For those unfamiliar, a psychiatric assessment and intake are related but distinctly different processes in the field. As discussed last week, an assessment …
Assessments
….ahh, assessments the bane of existence to clinicians and client alike. They are tedious, time consuming where at best the questions feel irrelevant and repetitive and at worst invasive and uncomfortable. The only thing that’s worse than an assessment is having any answer raise the flag for another one. It seems there’s no shortages …
At the beginning….the Sequel
The first week went off without a hitch, but I’m pretty sure it’s because this is my second go round. You see last year was what is deemed my “generalist year”. A time when you dip your toe into the field and are still taking the course you are required to take. First time …
Finding my Bearings
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve taken the time to write for enjoyment, and there’s alot of reasons for that. With the biggest being my return to graduate school after an impassioned decision to change my life and reignite dreams long set aside. I had a list of things I had wanted to …
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