Psychotherapy Notes

Ben Caldwell

Developments in the world of counseling and psychotherapy. Episodes short enough that you can listen between sessions.

Episodes

  1. 26/01/2018

    09 - Measurement with Casey Meinster

    Casey Meinster, of Hathaway-Sycamores in Pasadena, joins us to talk about measuring outcomes in psychotherapy. Her agency's funding depends on their staff gathering data on every single client, and that is rapidly becoming the norm for larger mental health care providers.

    9 min

  2. 26/01/2018

    08 - Measurement, or, When Everyone Is Above Average, No One Is

    In two separate studies almost a decade apart, hundreds of mental health clinicians evaluated their own work compared to that of their colleagues. In both studies, *not a single participant* evaluated themselves as being below average. In this episode, we'll talk about why we as therapists and counselors think we're so good, and how measuring outcomes can give you a far more accurate and useful -- if occasionally humbling -- picture.

    4 min

  3. 05/12/2017

    07 - Therapy and gender, with Angela Caldwell

    We talk with Angela Caldwell (yes, relation) about what men want from their usually-women therapists, and how that knowledge transformed her work with men.

    9 min

  4. 05/12/2017

    06 - Psychotherapy's gender gap

    The overwhelming majority of therapists are women, and the gender balance in the field is only growing more one-sided. We'll talk about gender in the therapy world, and the impact of having so few men around.

    4 min

  5. 05/12/2017

    05 - Public Service Loan Forgiveness

    When it comes to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

    4 min

  6. 05/12/2017

    04 - Student loan debt - Two stories

    Two students at a private graduate program. Together they have amassed more than half a million dollars in student loan debt. These are their stories, in their own words.

    5 min

  7. 05/12/2017

    03 - Student loan debt

    When educational costs rise but salaries don't, the burden of student loan debt gets tougher and tougher for therapists. On this episode, we discuss just how much of a burden that is.

    6 min

  8. 05/12/2017

    License Exams with Kim Madsen

    We talk with Kim Madsen, the Executive Officer of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, about the mythology surrounding license exams and what she recommends if your test is coming up.

    5 min
  9. Episode 1 - How licensing exams are like the TSA

    04/10/2017

    Episode 1 - How licensing exams are like the TSA

    They're a rite of passage every counselor and therapist has to go through. And yet, there's no actual evidence that they do the one thing they are supposed to do: Ensure safe practice. In this first episode of the Psychotherapy Notes podcast, we talk about the problems with license exams -- and why we should keep them anyway.

    3 min
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About

Developments in the world of counseling and psychotherapy. Episodes short enough that you can listen between sessions.

Information

  • Creator
    Ben Caldwell
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Ben Caldwell
  • Show Website
    Psychotherapy Notes