Get ready for another episode of the Mastering Counseling podcast! Practicing psychotherapy is a rewarding career choice, but it doesn’t come without its fair share of challenges. Navigating those challenges, and maintaining success for a lengthy amount of time is something all therapists strive for. We’re fortunate to have a guest this week, Dr. Gerald […]
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What It’s Like To Be A Mental Health Counselor: Update, Part III
In this post, I finish comparing my answers from 7 years ago with my current answers. Giving Therapy to Friends 7 years ago: I also have to be careful not to enter therapy mode with my friends, or even people I have just met. I’ve caught myself several times doing this out of habit. It […]
Practicing Psychotherapy in the UK with Noel Bell: Ep. 05
It’s time for another episode of Mastering Counseling! This show, we’re covering what it’s like to practice psychotherapy “across the pond” in the United Kingdom. Joining Megan to share his experience with this is Noel Bell. Noel is an accredited integrative clinical psychotherapist based in London who works with couples and individuals in a private […]
What It’s Like To Be A Mental Health Counselor, Update Part II
Seven years ago I wrote about what it was like to be a counselor. In this series of posts, I ask myself those questions again and compare the answers.
Practicing Psychotherapy as a Generalist with Will Meyerhofer: Ep. 04
We’re back with another episode of Mastering Counseling! On this show, Megan was joined by Will Meyerhofer, who runs The People’s Therapist blog. Will is a licensed clinical social worker and JD who currently works in private practice providing individual, couple, and group therapy from his TriBeCa loft in Lower Manhattan. Will is also an […]
Treating Clients Using Hypnotherapy with Dr. Jeffrey Zeig: Ep. 03
We’ve got another great episode of Mastering Counseling for you! On this show, Megan was joined by Dr. Jeffrey Zeig, Founder and Director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Dr. Zeig is also a psychologist and marriage and family therapist in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona with a speciality in experiential psychotherapy, hypnosis, and brief […]
What It’s Like To Be A Mental Health Counselor: Update, Part I
I first wrote about this 7 years ago (in 2012), so I thought it would be interesting to see if any of my answers have changed. This is the first in a 3-post series.
Tips for New Counselors with Dr. Barb LoFrisco: Ep. 02
It’s time for another episode of Mastering Counseling! On this show, Megan was joined by Dr. Barb LoFrisco of CounselorBarb and author of MastersInCouneling.org’s own blog. Together, they discussed tips and advice for new clinicians (therapists and counselors) in the field. Dr. Barb LoFrisco has written many posts on this very site covering everything from […]
How to Start a Private Practice with Jessica Miro, LMFT: Ep. 01
Welcome to the first episode of the Mastering Counseling podcast! Our host, Megan Hawksworth, was joined by Jessica Miro, founder of Pinnacle Counseling LLC, a private group psychotherapy practice with locations in downtown Chicago and Edgewater. Jessica had a tremendous amount of insight to share on how to start your own practice, including the challenges […]
Why Many Private Practices Fail – Part Two
In my last post, I discussed why uncollected balances from clients can cause practices to fail. In this post, I will discuss tips on keeping client balances current.
