Take Us SRSLY‪!‬ Heidi and Dom

Episode 12 (S2): Heidi and Dom talk about what it is like working in their first professional positions. They identify the challenges and realizations of what it is like to be a developing therapist.

Episode 11 (S2): Heidi and Dom inform their listeners about all the changes they have experienced since the last episode of season 1. From pre-graduation to post-graduation, they reflect on the experiences of graduating, relocating, and starting their professional careers as associate therapists. 

Episode 10: Heidi and Dom welcome Erin, a coordinator and former hotline counselor onto this episode. Erin shares her experience as a peer counselor and her plans towards becoming a therapist. Erin talks about emotional needs, social connection, and peer support during the ongoing pandemic.

Episode 9: Heidi and Dom acknowledge their present feelings of excessive stress, exhaustion, and overwhelm. They have an authentic conversation around what it is really like after a long or challenging day seeing clients/at practicum. 

Episode 8: Heidi and Dom talk about how their ongoing development as trainee therapists are changing the way they interact with their family, friends, and loved ones. They begin to discuss changes in emotional capacity and boundary setting.

Episode 7: Heidi and Dom welcome their cohort mate Pearl onto this episode. Pearl uses her personal and professional insight to explain what codependency is, what it can look like (through a culturally sensitive lens), and her “sitting on your hands” technique.