Struggles at Every Career Stage
Mandated Reporting He was 17. He and his father had gotten into it — a physical altercation, the kind where both people did something, but
Client Suicidal Ideation He told me he’d driven to the beach the day before and sat in his car looking at the water, thinking about
Clinical Patience I had a teenage client I dreaded. I want to be careful with that word, because it’s not the word you’d expect. He
Client Isn’t Getting Better There’s a specific feeling I want to name before we go anywhere else. You’re four months in with a client. They
Clinical Specialization I didn’t choose addiction work. I needed a way into the field and I lived close to a community college that had a
Toxic Workplace Mental Health There’s a thought a lot of clinicians have but won’t say out loud. I think this place is toxic. Not “I’m
Clinician Freeze Response Two female clients in group started yelling at each other. That’s it. Nobody threw anything. Nobody put hands on anybody. Two adults
Therapist Self-Care There’s a version of this blog I could write that you’ve already read. The burned-out clinician. Compassion fatigue. Running on empty. Giving everything
Worried My Client is Hopeless There’s a thought that lives in the back of a clinician’s mind that almost nobody says out loud. I don’t
Clinician Grief After Client Death At some point in my second year of working with adolescents, I started following the local news. Not because I
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