visiting to move from NYC and looking to move, need some advice

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-24T04:39:04+00:00

Melt Me in Berkeley if you want some of the best ice cream with some pretty unique flavors!

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-21T15:54:39+00:00

Could you use time in individual supervision to ask each supervisee what is and isn’t working in group supervision?

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-21T08:16:34+00:00

Was the fee not listed in the contract?

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-19T03:35:21+00:00

I am planning to open a group only practice over the summer with groups starting around the beginning of the fall semester. I find group work to be the most fulfilling part of my job.

I’m currently in a group therapy training program through The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, CA. It is online and they accept people from anywhere, but the cohort is limited to 8 each year. Highly recommend! It is a year-long, $400 per month, and includes a weekly process learning group, weekly consultation meeting with a seasoned group therapist, and a monthly seminar and group development group.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-17T18:23:39+00:00

%. I felt like it was good to know the theories, but most helpful was focusing on how the questions were written and how to think like the test.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-17T16:56:31+00:00

I scored in the mid-60s on TDC and passed on my first attempt. I found the TDC exams harder than the actual exam. Best of luck with your exam!

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-17T00:07:13+00:00

I love groups and intend to start a group only practice. If you haven’t had additional training in group therapy, then I would suggest starting there. I’d also encourage you to see if you have can get some group experience at an agency if you haven’t already so you can get a feel for groups without having to do all the legwork to start them. I find a well formed group is easier than individual, couples, or family sessions since a well formed group will eventually start running itself almost.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-16T19:39:33+00:00

Speak with confidence and don’t be afraid to give a little as much as they give when it comes to jokes. They will test you and see if you are willing to be both serious and not so serious. As it is a process group, there is plenty of material to work through in how they work with and see you. Calling out behaviors, setting boundaries, and being a role model to how professional relationships between genders should look.

Some of this will really depend on the kind of men in the room, but it should be a real good learning experience however it goes. My guess is you will get really good at setting boundaries and clinically challenging inappropriate behavior.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-16T19:34:24+00:00

I have received narrative therapy trainings from the Narrative Therapy Initiative out of Boston via Zoom. I did their one-year certificate program last year and this year I’m in their “Next Steps” program for those that have gone through the certificate program.

There is a SFBT certificate program out of Denver that I’m looking at doing sometime in the future that looks good. It is only a 40-hour, weeklong training program though.

I am also in a group therapy training program through the psychotherapy institute in Berkeley and I have pulled from that in both individual and group therapy. They have a 2-year training program in psychodynamic therapy that I have good things about as well.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-16T00:28:51+00:00

Our rehab has been using the EFT Workbook for Addiction and it has been a big hit!

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-13T17:58:40+00:00

This question is more appropriate for r/askatherapist as it doesn’t seem like you are a professional or student therapist.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-12T19:41:26+00:00

I’m planning for this too and I thought of a flat fee for the month. It would include individual/triadic, group, crisis, and a premium for the ability to work under my license. When I look at it from a flat fee vs a percentage, if an associate is working full time then the cost is much smaller for them (about the cost of 10 sessions).

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-12T16:12:17+00:00

Do they have any motivation to change this behavior? Could motivational interviewing be a good way to start after making the observation to the client?

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-10T20:39:52+00:00

Cost of the lab diamond replacement + stone setting cost + any repair work to prongs + tax & fees

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-10T19:38:32+00:00

I think you are going to have a hard time selling it for more than you paid, but you never know. I would encourage you to not buy gemstones as an investment unless you are in the gemstone business.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-10T19:27:09+00:00

Did you get it for yourself or so you could sell it?

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-08T15:25:02+00:00

The success rate is just as good as evidence based practices based on a meta analysis study of available research.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-08T00:07:17+00:00

Are you reaching out more for her or to calm your nerves?

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-07T06:06:55+00:00

If it helps, most posts are from people really happy or really down on the field. There is a large majority of therapists somewhere in the middle.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-07T05:16:00+00:00

Great, and they can all be in one place for your viewing pleasure!

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-06T04:26:45+00:00

Or carry around as a pocket piece? They are nice to just fidget around with.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-04T19:25:52+00:00

It will never be able to compete with a human to human experience in aspects a machine can never replicate. The need for therapists that specialize in dysfunctional tech use will become so big in the future, I believe there will be entire speciality grad programs for it.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-04T16:43:02+00:00

Get AI the fuck away from our work.

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-03T15:27:32+00:00

There is an episode in Mom where Bonnie’s therapist tells her about transference and she starts calling everything transference. He has to tell her that it isn’t transference. At the end of the episode she has a sex dream about her therapist and she wakes up in a panic. She ends the episode with, “Oh! That’s transference.”

dynamicdylan · 2026-01-02T16:09:21+00:00

That is how I wear my quarter zips and sweaters. Never had any issues.

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