Intentional Therapist: Putting You In Your Schedule
Self-care shouldn’t be another task on your to-do list! This is the show that helps you as a busy and dedicated female mental health therapist to redefine your approach to self-care. Because we need so much more than bubble baths and breathing exercises!
Hosted by Dr. Karen Dyck and Dr. Melissa Tiessen, clinical psychologists, founders of Intentional Therapist, and self-care advocates, our mission is to help you build a life where you thrive right alongside your clients, without guilt and without burning out. Join us as we explore practical strategies grounded in our 4 C’s model – Connection, Compassion, Courage, and Creativity – to help you create more space for yourself while continuing to support your clients.
Whether you work in a solo private practice, within a large organization, are a new grad, or are nearing retirement, this show has something for you. Tune in for short but valuable episodes filled with relatable and insightful new perspectives, actionable ‘self-care experiments’, and the encouragement and permission you need to put more of you back in your schedule and create a life from which you don’t need to escape.
To learn more about Intentional Therapist and our 4 C’s model of self-care, visit us at: www.intentionaltherapist.ca
[Please note: This podcast was previously called Thrivival 101, and you can continue to find our original interview episodes in this podcast feed.]
Intentional Therapist: Putting You In Your Schedule
Latest Episodes
E38: 'Tis the season for another self-care check-in!
For many of us, the summer months are when we’re perhaps most likely to set aside some planning time. Often this will revolve around vacation plans and, if you have children, organizing things like childcare, summer camps, and other fun activit...
E37: REPLAY - You are a human being, not a human giver: 3 ways the self-care game is rigged for women and how you can fight back
As we continue to give ourselves permission for a summer break (and hope you are too!), we wanted to highlight this past episode about some of the important issues that effectively rig the self-care game for female therapists. And a...
E36: REPLAY - Treat your time like diamonds, not like sand: How to break free from toxic time messages
While we give ourselves permission for a break over the summer months (and we hope you are doing the same!), we thought it was a great time to revisit this early podcast episode. How we think about time really is the foundation for buildi...
E35: Time for a summer self-care check-In
How often have you actually taken the time to think about and plan your self-care? If you’re like most therapists this likely hasn’t been a regularly occurring event and, in fact, may have never even crossed your mind. Yet doing thi...
E34: The Power of Discernment, Bonus Episode – Hidden leadership beliefs, or, What are you modelling about self-care, intentionally or not?
Leaders often shape the culture of self-care in their workplaces — whether intentionally or not. And sometimes the most compassionate, competent clinicians are also the ones unintentionally modelling overwork, over-responsibility, and depletion...
