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.
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Intentional Therapist: Putting You In Your Schedule
E31: The Power of Discernment, Part 3.1 - Values misalignment, or, why, as competent therapists, we can enjoy our work and yet still feel drained
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Have you ever been good at something (like your work), and still felt drained by it? It might sound strange, but it is not unusual to be competent and even excellent at what we do, and still feel that something about our work feels heavy, or off. And that is often the moment that we start to assume something is wrong with us. But what if that isn’t actually true?
What if the issue has nothing to do with your level of competence, but instead is about a misalignment between what is important to you and how your values show up in your work? And counter-intuitively, when we really value the work that we do, this can even at times contribute to feeling dissatisfied. The good news is there are ways to better align our work with our values, so that we can get back to enjoying the meaningful work we do. That's what we are exploring in today's podcast episode.
Episode Highlights:
- Discernment category #3 (part 1): Values misalignment
- What values are, and are not
- The role of discerning values in our work life
- Our own values mis/alignment examples
- Self-care experiments:
- List your top 5 values and notice how they show up (or not) in your work week
- Notice how your top values show up in your treatment of yourself
- Check out the book, Values in Therapy, by Jenna LeJeune and Jason Luoma
Resources Mentioned:
- Values exercise: https://www.actmindfully.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Values_Checklist_-_Russ_Harris.pdf
Connect with Melissa & Karen at Intentional Therapist:
https://www.intentionaltherapist.ca/ | intentional@intentionaltherapist.ca | https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmelissatiessen/
Share one of your own self-care experiments via our SpeakPipe page at: https://www.speakpipe.com/intentionaltherapist
Ready to upgrade your self-care? Check out the independent study version of our course, Thrivival Skills for Therapists, and earn 3 CE credits! Because self-care is PART OF our jobs! More info at: https://intentional-therapist.newzenler.com/courses/thrivival-skills-for-therapists-independent-study
Disclaimer: This podcast seeks to be educational in purpose and is not to be used as clinical advice. Please connect with a therapist one-on-one for personalized support.
