First 1-2 Years: Surviving the Basics
Fear of Being Reported It’s 3 AM and you’re lying awake replaying the session. Did you document that correctly? Should you have called DCFS? And
Setting Boundaries with Clients đ This is Blog #5 in the New Clinician Survival Kit Series (Click to explore the series) Weekly honest support for
Blog #4 in the New Clinician Survival Kit Series (“Making Clients Worse“) The stories in this post are real, messy, and uncomfortableâbecause that’s what early
Blog #3 in the New Clinician Survival Kit Series (“My Client Hates Me“) “This is not about me” vs “My client hates me” I still
Blog #2 in the New Clinician Survival Kit Series (New Therapist Overwhelm) Last week, I shared how I transformed my relationship with group therapy from
Blog #1 in the New Clinician Survival Kit Series (“I hate group therapy!”) Today, if I could only do group therapy – especially with adolescents
Quick take: Three weeks, three truths: you’re already working with addiction, intake illusions hurt care, and silence is data. This SUD screening playbook puts it
Quick take: Silence isnât absenceâitâs data. During intake, pauses, topic pivots, or ânot reallyâ answers often mark risk and uncertainty, not âno use.â A short,
Quick take: If your intake skips SUD Screening, youâre not protecting rapportâyouâre protecting an illusion. A few neutral questions can change the entire course of
âI donât work with addiction.â Iâve heard this sentence countless times from clinicians in mental health, social work, and even primary care. Sometimes itâs said
Physical + digital tools designed for your first 1-2 years: confidence planners, supervision checklists, boundary scripts, and reflection worksheets.
