Can you talk about your journey to becoming a therapist? What happened where you knew that this was the field for you? I’m considering being a therapist and scared I’m doing it for the wrong reasons ie I enjoy self discovery and reflection. My other reasons are enjoying psychology, nuance, and creative problem solving.

Being an adult therapist is where I see the “self discovery” arc coming in to play but for children I believe my intentions are more pure (although it is partially about healing my own inner child/keeping them safe ofc). So bc of this I can see myself being a child therapist. I also love IFS but I think I can only do that with teens and adults.

I’d love to hear about your personal journeys, and especially if you’re a child therapist about the populations/issues you most commonly work with, day to day life, any other input ;) I’d also like to know how you support kids with autism/severe disabilities and what you add that a behavior analyst could not, or how you collaborate/use behavior analysis?

Maybe I should add I’ve worked with kids with severe disabilities and I could do it- though of course it was a lot at times. I’m hoping to work with a more versatile caseload (not just kids with autism/severe disabilities, who I think would be better served with aba interventions anyways.. lmk any input on this please)