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The Therapist Mask: What Grad School Taught vs. What Clients Really Need

Episode 3 You learned how to be a therapist. But did anyone teach you how to be yourself as one? Graduate school teaches us a lot. Theories. Interventions. Ethics. Diagnoses. How to reflect feelings, ask open-ended questions, and avoid the dreaded “why” question. But somewhere between learning the skills[…]

Showing Up Authentically: Bringing Your True Self Into the Therapy Room

Episode 2 You don’t have to become someone else to become a good therapist. Ever catch yourself using your “therapist voice” and wonder when exactly you started sounding like that? Maybe you find yourself carefully choosing every word, rehearsing the perfect response, or trying to embody what you think[…]