What I love about working in #addiction treatment, Part II
Plus my take on the @propublica.org report of fraud and corruption at Addiction Recovery Care in Kentucky
#drugsky #therapistsky #medicaid
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More info about my Elements of practice online group 🔥💧🍃💨practice in its broadest sense, exploring an element using #hakomi 🌎 jamiefearn.co.uk/training/ #experientiallearning #embodiment #bodymindconnection #TherapistsConnect #bodymind #mindfulness #therapistsky #helpthehelpers #selfcare
What do you do if a client says "I don't know" during a session? How do you respond and keep making progress? Watch the video for my response. #TherapistSky
What is considered a "disease"? When is it labeled "chronic relapsing"? Comparing weight loss marketing to the marketing of #addiction treatment.
#fatphobia #therapistsky #harmreduction
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"Healing body image is often a part of my work as a sex therapist and a couples therapist... If you don’t love your body, it will be hard to be comfortable being naked in front of another person, or being touched in certain places, or being in certain positions." -Martha Kauppi
#TherapistSky
Hey therapists, does it make any difference legally whether my office lease is under my personal name or my business name (a single member LLC)? I guess I could contact my insurance company but figured I’d come here first. #TherapistSky
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#TherapistSky #CTTherapists
Nice. I got no showed for an intake…this hasn’t happened in several years.
PSA: If you’re a prospective client and you aren’t ready for therapy for whatever reason, please let a provider know. Straight-up ghosting and no-showing isn’t fair.
#therapysky #therapistsky #mentalhealthsky
colorado has the right to prohibit physicians from prescribing topical scorpions for glaucoma
but not to prohibit psychotherapists from engaging in
actual
real
verifiable
proven
harm
haven't read the decision yet, but i'm fucking gobsmacked that it went 8-1
#therapistsky
What do you do when one of your clients is really mad about the situation? Do you push them, or do you push their partner? Watch the video for more! #TherapistSky
What’s good about working in #addiction treatment?
#drugsky #therapistsky #addictionmed
There are 2 types of mental health providers:
Providers who view the work and trainings through the lens of helping their clients and providers who view the work and trainings through the lens of boosting their egos.
The latter should be avoided.
#mentalhealthsky #therapistsky
Sooo did anyone else catch that the DOH updated our license numbers without letting us know?
#therapistsky #washingtontherapists #seattle
Last week, in our podcast, we explored the thorny issue of when clients want to be friends (or more) with their therapist. This is just one of the many fascinating topics we are covering. Tune in at the link below for more! #TherapistSky
www.instituteforrelationalintimacy.com/untangling-i...
We can change a belief system but we can't change what our partner wants or does. #TherapistSky
Introducing my new column where I answer reader questions related to travel, wellbeing and relationships #therapistsky thetravelpsychologist.co.uk/dear-dr-char...
I’m considering creating a training for mental health workers to understand the differences between witchcraft, Paganism, and magic traditions in order to have more cultural competence.
I’m actually super excited at the thought!
#witchsky #pagansky #mentalhealthsky #therapistsky #therapysky
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Two new monthly #Hakomi groups! 𝗛𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 🌿 and 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 🔥💧🍃💨More details on my website here: jamiefearn.co.uk/training/ #hakomilancaster #experientiallearning #embodiment #bodymindconnection #TherapistsConnect #bodymind #mindfulness #therapistsky #helpthehelpers #selfcare
Wednesday wisdom. We can all use a periodic reminder that being busy and being productive are not synonymous.
#TherapistSky #Recovery #PersonalDevelopment
I love creating all the possible logos and names for my eventual mental heath practice PLLC. I’m nerdy that way.
When completed, I'll post them all to get an idea of how the public would respond to them!
#witchsky #therapysky #mentalhealthsky #therapistsky
Why can I buckle down to write 6 notes more easily than I can with just 2? #TherapistSky
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If you could change one thing about therapist continuing education, what would it be?
#TherapistSky
Me when someone says "mind you" in session:
#therapistsky #mentalhealth #therapysky #blacktherapistsky #blacktherapistssky #therapy #blackmedsky
New post on the risks of #substanceuse and autonomy in assessing risk. Treatment providers are often part of the problem...
#addiction #therapistsky #harmreduction
Finishing my notes while finishing my scotch 🤌🏾🥃
#therapistsky #blacktherapistsky #blacktherapistssky #blackmedsky #blackskyover30 #mentalhealth
When a client talks with a friend and guesses how you would respond to something, tells you about the conversation, and gets it 100% right >>>>>>>> #TherapistSky
'When therapy functions primarily as containment, when it helps people adapt just enough to cope with the same conditions that harmed them, it colludes with, and perpetuates, what is wrong with society.' Amen. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... #therapistsky
Can you really *have* a disorder?
Eager to share this piece I wrote! Offers a critique of our diagnostic labeling tendencies and attempts to reframe in an existential lens.
www.issep.org/features/exi...
#ISSEP
#MentalHealth
#TherapistSky
#Existentialism
#BeyondLabels
#ExistentialPsychology