Between Sessions with Berries

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You’re the one everyone turns to for support. But who supports you? From endless documentation and emotional exhaustion to keeping up with clinical demands, mental health professionals are facing burnout like never before. You’ve tried better systems, stricter boundaries, even thought about leaving, but it still feels overwhelming. That’s why Berries, your AI assistant built for clinicians, created In Between Sessions, a podcast made to help you do more of what matters: caring for your clients and caring for yourself. Each week, we feature candid interviews with therapists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and mental health innovators who share what’s working in the real world, not just what looks good on paper. You’ll hear practical strategies for documentation, conversations about burnout and balance, and ways AI can support your workflow without replacing your clinical voice. Hosted by Kym Tolson, clinical consultant and longtime therapist, this show is brought to you by Berries to help clinicians like you thrive in today’s mental health landscape. Ready for less overwhelm and more clarity in your week? Hit follow and join us each Wednesday for Between Sessions, your weekly dose of support, strategy, and solidarity from the front lines of mental health care. Curious about how Berries can help you? Try it for free with 20 sessions on us! See firsthand how our AI assistant can help you streamline your notes and reclaim more time for what you love. Get started at https://heyberries.com 

  1. When High Achievement Becomes a Trap with Nichole Coyne

    1d ago

    When High Achievement Becomes a Trap with Nichole Coyne

    Many mental health professionals are high achievers by nature. The drive to do more, do it right, and never let anyone down can look like ambition from the outside while quietly running you into the ground from the inside. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Nichole Coyne, LCSW, a clinical therapist and coach who specializes in perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout in high achievers. Nichole shares how she found her niche as a recovering perfectionist herself, what separates healthy ambition from maladaptive perfectionism, and the deeper patterns that keep helpers stuck in cycles of overworking and self-criticism. In This Episode, We Cover: The key difference between healthy ambition and maladaptive perfectionism, and why it matters.How perfectionism often functions as a coping mechanism rooted in upbringing and attachment.The three types of perfectionism and how each one shows up differently.Why imposter syndrome hits hardest precisely when you have the most experience.The "to-done list" technique for quieting the inner critic at the end of a hard day.How a time and energy audit can reveal whether your current pace is actually sustainable.What Nichole's coaching model offers beyond traditional therapy, and who it is designed for.Connect with Nichole Coyne: Website: https://www.ncoyne.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicholecoynecoach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicholecoynecoach YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicholecoynecoach ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    26 min
  2. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Remembering Why You Do This Work | 20 min

    6d ago

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Remembering Why You Do This Work | 20 min

    Join Julie Grace for a 20-minute guided meditation created specifically for mental health professionals navigating burnout, fatigue, and emotional exhaustion. This practice gently invites you to step back from the weight of the work and reconnect with the deeper values, care, and meaning that first brought you to this path, without forcing positivity or denying difficulty. Through breath awareness and a guided visualization, you'll meet both a past version, and a future version of yourself. You'll return to your day reminded that meaning and sustainability, presence and rest, service and self-respect can all exist together. Berries Meditations offers mental health professionals a place to pause and reset. Created by Berries, these brief guided meditations are crafted to support the wellbeing of those who dedicate their days to caring for others. Music: Muladhara by Antonio Celotto: https://open.spotify.com/track/6jryZECtFIYLaWqSATL664?si=63386124931b430a ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    20 min
  3. From Therapy Room to Coaching Business with Carly Hill

    May 26

    From Therapy Room to Coaching Business with Carly Hill

    Burnout in private practice is more common than most mental health professionals talk about openly. Back-to-back sessions, income ceilings, no time to breathe, and a growing sense that there has to be another way. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Carly Hill, an LCSW turned business strategist, to talk about what it actually looks like to transition from private practice into a sustainable coaching business. Carly shares her own unfiltered path from nonprofit community mental health to building a seven-figure coaching business, and breaks down the real mindset blocks, legal foundations, and business strategies that mental health professionals need to make the leap without risking their license or burning out all over again. In This Episode, We Cover: Why so many therapists are already coaching inside their private practice without realizing it.The legal and ethical steps to protect your license when adding coaching services.How to find and commit to a niche when you're used to helping everyone.The money mindset shifts required to charge high-ticket rates with confidence.What sustainable scaling actually looks like through systems, team, and leadership.How Carly uses AI tools like ClickUp AI and her own custom tool, Carly AI, to streamline her business.Connect with Carly Hill: Website: https://carlyhillcoaching.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlyhillcoaching Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlyhillcoaching ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    33 min
  4. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Sleep After Holding Others | 13 min

    May 21

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Sleep After Holding Others | 13 min

    Join Julie Grace for this 13-minute guided sleep meditation created specifically for mental health professionals at the end of a long day. After hours of holding space for others, this practice gently invites you to be held in return, releasing the emotional and physical weight you may have carried through your work. Through body awareness and soothing imagination, this meditation guides you from the busyness of the day into deep, restful sleep. A compassionate reminder that the work of holding is complete, and now it is your turn to rest. ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    14 min
  5. What High-Functioning Anxiety Looks Like in Motherhood with Danielle Smith

    May 19

    What High-Functioning Anxiety Looks Like in Motherhood with Danielle Smith

    Most moms know things will change when a baby arrives. What's harder to anticipate is how much the internal experience shifts, especially for high-achieving women who have always relied on productivity and drive to feel grounded. When the old coping strategies stop working, and the to-do list keeps growing, something has to give. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Danielle Smith, LCSW, PMH-C, a licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health specialist, to talk about what high-functioning anxiety actually looks like in early motherhood. Danielle draws on both her clinical expertise and her own experience as a mom of three to normalize what so many women are quietly navigating, and to offer practical ways to get support without adding more pressure. In This Episode, We Cover: What high-functioning anxiety looks like in mothers and why it often goes unrecognized.Why motherhood surfaces old patterns and coping strategies that no longer work.The glass ball theory for figuring out what to keep juggling and what to set down.What most pregnant women overlook when preparing for the postpartum period emotionally.The difference between therapy and coaching, and how each type of support serves a different need.How Danielle uses ChatGPT to reduce mental load at home and in her business.Connect with Danielle Smith: Website: www.empoweredcounselingnj.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empoweredmotherhood Support Group: https://www.empoweredcounselingnj.com/support-group/p/empoweredmomscommunity ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    26 min
  6. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Releasing What You Heard Today | 13 min

    May 14

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Releasing What You Heard Today | 13 min

    Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation created specifically for therapists who need to release the stories, images, and emotional echoes that linger after sessions. This practice gently invites you to arrive in the present moment and to honor the weight of what you've heard today without carrying it forward. Using calming visualization, this meditation guides you to let the words, feelings, silences, and moments from your sessions drift away like leaves on the current, naturally and without force. You'll return to yourself feeling more present, clear, and grounded, ready to step back into your own life. Berries Meditations offers mental health professionals a place to pause and reset. Created by Berries, these brief guided meditations are crafted to support the wellbeing of those who dedicate their days to caring for others. ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    14 min
  7. Preventing Therapist Burnout Before It Starts with Lorain Moorehead

    May 12

    Preventing Therapist Burnout Before It Starts with Lorain Moorehead

    Burnout rarely announces itself. For many mental health professionals, it builds slowly, often in the gap between doing meaningful work and losing the spark that made the work feel meaningful in the first place. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, EMDR approved consultant, clinical supervisor, and faculty associate at Arizona State University, to talk about what actually keeps a career sustainable over the long haul. Lorain brings 18 years of experience working with high-achieving professionals and clinicians, and she shares how staying connected to your core values, not just your caseload, can be the difference between thriving and burning out. In This Episode, We Cover: Why learning as a core value can act as a built-in burnout prevention strategy.How your caseload can organically reveal a niche within your niche.The mental health patterns most common in therapist entrepreneurs, including ADHD, anxiety, and perfectionism.Why not everyone needs to follow the same career trajectory and why that is actually okay.How to identify the parts of your work that drain you and what to do about them.The role AI note-writing and customizable EHRs are playing in reducing clinician burnout.How Lorain structures supervision using HIPAA-compliant tools like Google Workspace and Dropbox.Connect with Lorain Moorehead: Website: https://lorainmoorehead.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theselfcareapist/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@selfcareapist TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theselfcareapist ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    30 min
  8. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Closing the Clinical Day | 11 min

    May 7

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Closing the Clinical Day | 11 min

    Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation designed specifically for therapists at the close of the clinical day. Through gentle awareness and movement, this practice offers your nervous system a clear, intentional signal that your work for the day is complete - helping you disengage from the outward orientation of clinical presence and return to yourself. This Berries meditation moves through arriving into the present moment, honoring the care you brought to your work, and using breath and body movement to release any residue from the day, so you can step into your evening grounded in your own presence, your own breath, and your own life. Berries Meditations offers mental health professionals a place to pause and reset. Created by Berries, these brief guided meditations are crafted to support the wellbeing of those who dedicate their days to caring for others. ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com.

    12 min
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You’re the one everyone turns to for support. But who supports you? From endless documentation and emotional exhaustion to keeping up with clinical demands, mental health professionals are facing burnout like never before. You’ve tried better systems, stricter boundaries, even thought about leaving, but it still feels overwhelming. That’s why Berries, your AI assistant built for clinicians, created In Between Sessions, a podcast made to help you do more of what matters: caring for your clients and caring for yourself. Each week, we feature candid interviews with therapists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and mental health innovators who share what’s working in the real world, not just what looks good on paper. You’ll hear practical strategies for documentation, conversations about burnout and balance, and ways AI can support your workflow without replacing your clinical voice. Hosted by Kym Tolson, clinical consultant and longtime therapist, this show is brought to you by Berries to help clinicians like you thrive in today’s mental health landscape. Ready for less overwhelm and more clarity in your week? Hit follow and join us each Wednesday for Between Sessions, your weekly dose of support, strategy, and solidarity from the front lines of mental health care. Curious about how Berries can help you? Try it for free with 20 sessions on us! See firsthand how our AI assistant can help you streamline your notes and reclaim more time for what you love. Get started at https://heyberries.com 

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  • Creator
    Berries
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    66
  • Rating
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    © 2026 Between Sessions with Berries
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