Therapists, It's Time to Rethink "Professional Development"

Friends, it has been a tough—what? I was going to say several years, thinking back to 2020 and how the pandemic forced us to quickly and dramatically pivot how we practiced. But in reality, I think it has been a tough last decade. Between political turmoil, social unrest, economic uncertainty, and more, there is no shortage of current national and international events that affect us all to one degree or another. And I am writing this in early June 2025 with what appears to be a very turbulent summer ahead of us.

This brings me right to my point. Graduate schools and internships trained us to help our clients. But what if it is we who need the help? In our 21st-century world, we are not sitting on the sidelines, unaffected by the issues many of our clients come to us for support with.

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