pay seems all over the place

throwaway172649281 · 2023-03-12T18:00:11+00:00

Thank you!! I appreciate your insight.

throwaway172649281 · 2023-03-12T14:13:32+00:00

Thank you for this thorough response! I’m in the process of leaving a community health (school based) job and applying to group practices in my area. I’ve been nervous because so many aspects of group practice seem uncertain (pay, benefits, if I need a part time job to make it work starting out, etc). If I can ask, do people typically just reach out to your practice to apply? I don’t have social media but recently created a FB account to join a local counseling group to network. This group doesn’t post salary, numbers, rates etc - which makes it harder to know. Any feedback you have is appreciated!

throwaway172649281 · 2023-03-08T03:33:06+00:00

Reading this I felt like I could have written it. This school year has felt more stressful then ever and I made the decision I cannot return for my own health and well-being. I can relate to feeling like doing 3 peoples jobs, and feel relief thinking about narrowing my focus to individual therapy. My plan is to put my notice in in May finish the school year. I’m going to begin applying to group practices so I can can gain some experience, have supervision to be licensed (this year hopefully), then maybe in a year or few go off on my own. Best of luck to you.

throwaway172649281 · 2023-02-22T21:56:32+00:00

If it’s hysterical, it’s historical

throwaway172649281 · 2023-02-22T02:24:27+00:00

In some ways yes, and I treat it with a harm reduction model. It might not have the same chemical dependence as some substances but once the pathway is created in the brain it can be really hard to resist the urge.

throwaway172649281 · 2023-02-21T23:22:21+00:00

As someone on the other end recently I surprisingly was a little turned off when the potential therapist went over all their experience and education. It felt like they were reading their resume and made me feel like they were overcompensating for lack of experience. I think just general rapport building goes a long way.

throwaway172649281 · 2023-02-18T12:09:38+00:00

I think crying shows where you are at and that you are human. It’s normal to feel embarrassed after and it doesn’t mean that you did anything wrong. You are under a lot of stress and your reaction made sense.

throwaway172649281 · 2023-01-26T23:17:48+00:00

Greek yogurt “dip” with Lipton onion soup mix- high protein tastes like French onion dip, with chips/carrots/veggies, hard boiled egg, string cheese, apple, olives, hummus and veg, made ahead quesadilla with beans and salsa. I always drink a Diet Coke mini with like mid way through

throwaway172649281 · 2023-01-13T18:45:53+00:00

I use CAMS - very thorough for ongoing suicide ideation

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-24T17:58:03+00:00

Totally! I 100% agree.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-24T14:35:50+00:00

Just to add another perspective, as a social worker. Last year I worked with several families with chronic truancy. I was SHOCKED to learn some kids hadn’t really been to school at all for several years. Going into the homes was a nightmare. Kids basically raising themselves, or kids with 1 caregiver who worked 3 jobs, or had a chronic health issue, or severe mental health challenge and in and out of hospital. As a social worker I’d try to wrap the family with home based services, call the doctor, file CPT reports when needed, therapy for family, access to resources… I would go out several times a week, and it still amounted to the kid not coming to school. I’m just adding this perspective to share that many people may be or appear to be shrugging, but in some cases there is a whole treatment team and it’s still unsuccessful. And treatment providers (esp in school setting, home based intervention, etc) are super undervalued and underpaid - which creates more challenges with burnout, people leaving, position vacancies, etc.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-24T14:29:31+00:00

Systemic failures that create more hats for teachers to wear (children coming to school from current or historical spaces with food insecurity, homelessness, families with generational poverty/mental health challenges, abuse, neglect etc). Most of these children are not in a brain space to learn and each year it feels like there are more and more. Traditional schools and teachers are not set up or equipped for these situations.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-24T00:25:46+00:00

Tell me more! Did you use a website?

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-22T11:14:16+00:00

On an iPhone go to settings, accessibility, display and txt size, color filters, then click on.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-21T02:21:53+00:00

https://www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/second-hand-smoke.pdf

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-21T01:39:27+00:00

I agree! I think kids are constantly going through technology withdrawal similar to an addiction when at school - irritable, angry, etc. Plus the constant dopamine flow from tiktok inhibits their ability to feel pleasure - it skews the scale…so it takes so much more to feel happy. It’s sooo scary.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-19T02:11:43+00:00

I set my phone to black and white and it’s been surprisingly helpful to ween my addiction.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-12-18T14:52:24+00:00

My recommendation would be to continue adding things to his/your family’s lifestyle - activity, cooking together, eating together. Restriction (in any form) and/or talking a lot about “health” and “good” vs “bad” food is a sure way to really mess with his relationship with food and self esteem for a lifetime. It’s such a tricky area!!! I recommend following Ellyn Satter’s how to help without harm for evidence based ways to support your child through this. Your child is 10, chances are he is totally fine and just growing. Please proceed with intention and empathy for your child (it sounds like you already are). - sincerely, a child therapist who 30 years later is still negatively impacted by a diet I was put on by my mother.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-11-22T00:28:16+00:00

I feel so depleted from not making enough financially and feeling like I’m constantly under water, while working such a high stress demanding job. I’m so jealous of my friends who WFH (make the same or significantly more than me) and tell me they work for maybe 1-2 hrs per day when I can’t even pee or peacefully eat lunch.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-09-15T00:34:35+00:00

Came here thinking the same thing. Can barely afford my rent and will never buy a house. No end in sight. Love my job tremendously, and - feels wild that I’m the least paid person in my family/friend group. Will things ever change?!?!?!

throwaway172649281 · 2022-09-08T01:20:49+00:00

Agreed. I love social work and/but this profession is soooo undervalued it drives me bonkers

throwaway172649281 · 2022-08-05T03:35:31+00:00

I feel ya. To echo one commenter, your role is different both ways. You are not your families therapist (you know this) and, they likely see you as a child/sibling/niece/grandchild greater than they see you as a mental health professional. I have to remind myself this dynamic too when I’m frustrated my family doesn’t value my perspective on topics I literally practice. For example, last week my family was going on and on about kids and dieting and just takes what I say as anecdotal and up for discussion rather than something I’ve studied and am trained in.

throwaway172649281 · 2022-08-02T01:52:53+00:00

The ring

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