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Sh*t You Wish You Learned in Grad School with Jennifer Agee, LCPC
Have you ever found yourself Googling something after a client left a session? We all have. Sh*t You Wish You Learned in Grad School aims to answer the Googlable questions we all have as both clinicians and private practice owners. Mental health care professionals know that after grad school our learning truly begins and never, ever ends. Together, let’s stay informed and up to date on anything and everything related to running a therapy practice. We go beyond theory and focus on what you need to know to be effective with clients and a solid private practice owner. This is a podcast for therapists in support of therapists. There is no topic off limits to explore as we grow as clinicians and business owners. Like.Subscribe.Share.Let’s dig in!
Episodes
56 episodes
Season 2 Episode 18: Let’s Talk Sexual Health featuring Sarah Watson
If you are lucky, you get one class in grad school that focuses on sexual health and how to help clients navigate the various topics around sexual health. Therapists talk about sex without clients all the time and many feel unprepared. In this ...
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Episode 18
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33:21

Season 2 Episode 17: Crafting an Effective Elevator Pitch (Mini Coaching)
During this episode, Jennifer Agee, LCPC (she/her) discusses how therapists can craft a simple and effective elevator pitch to grow their practice, network or share what they do when others outside the field ask. Jennifer shares 3 questions to ...
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Episode 17
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Season 2 Episode 16: Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors featuring Dr. Laura Chackes
Dr. Laura Chackes, Psy. D. explains what therapists need to understand about treating Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB’s). The most common BFRB’s being Trichotillomania, aka hair pulling, and Excoriation, aka skin picking.Laura C...
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Episode 16
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24:05

Season 2 Episode 15: Understanding Couples Co-Therapy featuring Rick and Monique Elgersma
Rick and Monique Elgersma have for 30 years been partners in life and partners in business. Since 2015 they have been co-therapy specialists. They’ve experienced ups and downs like any couple and sought counseling. They noted the difficulty of ...
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Episode 15
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33:21

Season 2 Episode 14: Resources for Improving Emotional Safety featuring Laurie Belanger
Laurie Belanger, LCSW shares how to use science to create felt safety in your office for your clients. Often in grad school, we hear of things like polyvagal theory but are never taught how to use what we know about the brain and body to help o...
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Episode 14
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31:14

Season 2 Episode 13: What You Need to Know About SEO featuring Gabriel Valdez
Gabriel Valdez, owner of Nerdalert Solutions & Web Therapia, has established himself as a leading authority in private and group therapist marketing. In this episode, we discuss:The importance of having a website that ...
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Episode 13
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41:39

Season 2 Episode 12: Life with Dyslexia featuring Paige Weber
Paige Weber, LPC shares openly about living with dyslexia. Paige shares about the 3 types of dyslexia, strengths of dyslexia and accommodations that can help. Paige is a Licensed Professional Counselor and received her Mas...
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Episode 12
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45:38

Season 2 Episode 11: What You Need to Know About Intimate Partner Abuse/Violence featuring Erin Coram
Erin Coram, LMFT shares her professional and lived experience in helping survivors of intimate partner abuse/violence. Erin discusses misinformation, what to look for in the therapy room and the long-term impacts to health. <...
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Episode 11
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37:17

Season 2 Episode 10: Don’t Be A PB&J Faced Therapist featuring Tiffany Cutrone
Tiffany Cutrone, LCMHC, LCAS shares how bad advice in grad school created her struggle of finding her unique voice as a therapist. After stepping into authenticity, her practice grew and burnout decreased. Listen and learn what you need to k...
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Episode 10
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28:46

Season 2 Episode 9: Supporting Transgender Clients & Their Parents featuring Becca Gerlach
Becca Gerlach, LCSW discusses working with transgender clients as a cisgender therapist, and working with parents of kids or teens in this process. She shares how to offer support, space for parents to grieve if that’s part of their pr...
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Episode 9
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33:59

Season 2 Episode 8: Developing Resilience featuring Danica Wolf
Danica Wolf, MSW (she/her) discussed the importance of resilience and practical, simple steps to begin to strengthen resilience for yourself and your clients. Danica is the Chief Operating Officer at Simplified SEO Consult...
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Episode 8
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30:06

Season 2 Episode 7: Understanding & Treating Eating Disorders featuring Cindi Miller
Cindi Miller, LMHC (IN), LCMHC (NC) is an eating disorder specialist and shares her knowledge and expertise on what is needed to assess for eating disorders and the down side of referring out too quickly. Cindi is a mental...
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Episode 7
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36:01

Season 2 Episode 6: Understanding Narcissistic Abuse featuring Barbara Beck
Barbara Beck, LMFT discusses what clinicians need to understand about narcissistic abuse. She describes what narcissistic abuse is, the difficulty for clients to accept that it is abuse, the complications of deciding rather to stay or leave ...
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Episode 6
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37:05

Season 2 Episode 5: Benefits and Risks of Self-Disclosure featuring Kimberly Shultz
Kimberly Shultz, LPC-MHSP discusses the benefits and risks of self-disclosure. Knowing when to disclose, when not to and how much is an important line therapists need to navigate in a healthy way for their clients. Kim and Jennifer share the...
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Episode 5
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31:56

Season 2 Episode 4: Brand Marketing: What You Need to Know featuring Kelly Lynch
Kelly Lynch, EMT, LCSW discusses what therapists need to know about brand marketing. Kelly provides clear and actionable steps to begin identifying and curating your brand. Kelly Lynch is an EMT, Licensed Clinical Social W...
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Episode 4
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28:17

Season 2 Episode 3: Understanding Countertransference featuring Rebecca Love
Rebecca Love, LCSW (She/her) discusses the importance of understanding countertransference and its impact on your work with clients as well as yourself. This is one of the most important issues to understand in your work with clients and is ...
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Episode 3
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42:11

Season 2 Episode 2: 5 Techniques to Manage Anxiety
Jennifer Agee, LCPC shares 5 simple techniques to teach your clients to help manage their anxiety symptoms. Belly BreathingExerciseMindfulness and MeditationFlying Mark...
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Episode 2
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Season 2 Episode 1: What You Wish You Learned About Clinical Supervision featuring Victoria Rodriguez, LPC, CCTP, NCC
Victoria Rodriguez, LPC, CCTP, NCC and I discuss what you need to know about choosing a clinical supervisor. We share what questions to ask and how to screen for the right fit. Victoria (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Profess...
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Episode 1
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36:06

Episode 37: Neurodiversity & Validity of Self Diagnosis featuring Jamie Roberts, LMFT
Jamie Roberts, LMFT, and I talk about the importance of understanding the nuance of neurodiversity, the validity of self-diagnosis and leading with authenticity. In grad school, we are taught how to check the boxes of diagnosis but Jamie sha...
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Episode 37
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32:32

Episode 36: Getting Honest About Suicide featuring Patrick Casale
During this episode, I talk with Patrick Casale, LCMHC, LCAS (he/him) about suicide. Patrick and I share our experiences as therapists and as individuals who have struggled with suicidal thoughts. We are raw and honest in this conversation a...
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Episode 36
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33:11

Episode 35: What You Need to Know About Seasonal Affective Disorder (Mini Coaching)
Jennifer Agee, LCPC discussed what you need to know for yourself and your clients about Seasonal Affective Disorder. We cover 5 areas you need to know to understand Seasonal Affective Disorder.1.What is Seasonal Affective Disor...
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Episode 34: Is a Non-Profit Counseling Practice Right for You? featuring Emily Sterk
Emily Sterk, LCMFT and I discuss the differences of non-profit counseling practices vs for-profit private practices. Emily is the founder of Healing Towards Wellness, a non-profit counseling practice in the Greater Kansas City area. There ar...
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Episode 34
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33:59

Episode 33: Rhino Mentality and Writing a Book featuring Chris "Rhino" Swenson
Chris 'Rhino' Swenson, LMFT and I discuss his philosophy of “Rhino Mentality” and how this creates resilience as therapists and entrepreneurs. Chris is a published author and mentality coach and shared his best tips for getting unstuck and t...
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Episode 33
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33:10

Episode 32: Is it BPD, Bipolar, or C-PTSD? featuring Lisa Duez
Lisa Duez, LCSW, CSAC, EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant and I help you understand the nuance of differential diagnosis with Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Complex PTSD. It is tough as a clinician to distinguish b...
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Episode 32
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34:39

Episode 31: Boundaries You Need to Survive the Holidays featuring Yael Shuman
Yael Shuman, LMFT, EMDR trained, AAMFT Approved Supervisor and I have an open and honest conversation about creating and holding healthy boundaries with your family over the holidays. We all know the holiday season can be both joyful and str...
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Episode 31
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