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. How Healthcare Pros Escape the Time for Money Trap with Robin Valadares

    1d ago

    How Healthcare Pros Escape the Time for Money Trap with Robin Valadares

    Most clinicians graduate ready to help people and completely unprepared to manage the money that career generates. School trains you to be excellent in the room. It says nothing about what happens when your income is tied entirely to the hours your hands and body can put in, or what you do when that well runs dry. In this episode, Kym talks with Robin Valadares, a physiotherapist, clinic owner, and certified financial counselor who spent 14 years watching colleagues burn out or leave the profession altogether. After realizing his earning power was handcuffed to one location and one unit of time, Robin built Financially Fulfilled Pro to teach healthcare professionals the financial plan they never got in school. He breaks down why depending on a single income stream is riskier than it feels, and what financial mobility actually looks like when you start building it on purpose. In This Episode, We Cover: Why a single income source is a concentration of risk most clinicians never recognize.The difference between earning more and keeping more, and why chasing the top line leads to burnout.Where money shame comes from in healthcare and why valuing your time is an "and," not an "or".How to map your starting point, your goal, and the gap between them before chasing any strategy.The investing ladder and where your next dollar should actually go.How to calculate your freedom number using the 4% rule.What financial mobility means when your income no longer depends on your physical presence.Connect with Robin Valadares: Website: https://www.financiallyfulfilledphysio.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financiallyfulfilledpro LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-valadares Blossom Social: https://getblossom.onelink.me/SOfu/robin Recession Guide: https://financiallyfulfilledphysio.kit.com/recessionguide Favourite Booklist: https://financiallyfulfilledphysio.kit.com/booklist ______________ 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.

    25 min
  2. Spotting Therapist Burnout Before It Takes Over with Crystal Jones

    Jun 23

    Spotting Therapist Burnout Before It Takes Over with Crystal Jones

    Burnout rarely announces itself. It shows up as irritability before your next client, fatigue that lingers even after a full night of sleep, or that pull to shut down completely the second you walk through your own front door. By the time most mental health professionals name it, they are already deep in it. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Crystal Jones, an LMFT, EMDR-trained therapist, registered yoga teacher, and founder of Couch Talk with Crystal. Crystal talks openly about the warning signs clinicians tend to ignore, why so many therapists resist getting their own support, and how she built a holistic practice that protects her from the back-to-back grind. If you have ever told yourself you should already have it all figured out, this conversation is a reset. In This Episode, We Cover: The early signals of burnout most clinicians miss until they are in it.Why "I'm a therapist, I don't need therapy" is the riskiest mindset in the field.What it means to be a professional secret keeper and the toll it takes.A 30-second practice you can do between sessions to regulate.Why a back-to-back caseload is the fastest recipe for burnout.How Crystal blends EMDR, yoga, and somatic work into one practice.A simpler way to think about meditation when you cannot quiet your mind.Connect with Crystal Jones: Website: https://www.couchtalkwithcrystal.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/couchtalkwithcrys/ ______________ 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.

    31 min
  3. What AI Search Is Saying About Your Therapy Practice with Joshua Brummel

    Jun 16

    What AI Search Is Saying About Your Therapy Practice with Joshua Brummel

    You are spending money on marketing, but if someone asked you which ad, directory, or referral brought in your last three clients, could you actually answer? Most practice owners can't, and that single blind spot quietly shapes every decision they make about where to invest next. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Joshua Brummel, co-founder of TherapyFlow, who has managed over 3 million dollars in ad spend and worked with thousands of practices over the past seven years. Joshua breaks down how to finally see where your clients come from, why AI search may be saying things about your practice you don't even know about, and what a CRM actually does that your EHR never will. If marketing has felt like guesswork you fund on a hunch, this conversation gives you a clearer way to think about it. In This Episode, We Cover: The golden referral ratio that tells you when it is time to grow your marketing.The three channels still driving new clients for private practices.How AI search like ChatGPT pulls information about your practice, accurate or not.Why a decade-old review can quietly damage your brand reputation without your knowledge.The people, process, and proof framework for showing up clearly online.What a CRM does that an EHR does not, and the four signs you need one.The context ratio Joshua uses to get content that does not sound generic.Connect with Joshua Brummel: Website: https://mytherapyflow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshuabrummel/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-brummel/ ______________ 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.

    31 min
  4. The Two Sentence Treatment Plan Formula with Barbara Griswold

    Jun 9

    The Two Sentence Treatment Plan Formula with Barbara Griswold

    Treatment plans might be the one piece of documentation mental health professionals dread most. Most of us were never taught how to write one, what insurance actually wants to see, or how often to update them. So a lot of us quietly skip them and carry around the low hum of guilt that we probably should be doing better. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym welcomes back Barbara Griswold, LMFT, author of Navigating the Insurance Maze. Barbara spent the first 30 years of her practice not writing treatment plans at all. Then the industry shifted. Insurance companies started using treatment plans as a reason to deny payment and claw back money, even from clinicians with spotless notes, and that pushed her to figure out how to do them fast and teach them. She makes the whole thing far less intimidating and shows how a few repeatable pieces can cover most of your caseload. In This Episode, We Cover: Why most mental health professionals quietly skip treatment plans.The gap between your clinical goals and what insurance actually wants to see.What medical necessity means and why self-esteem goals sink a plan.The six essential elements every treatment plan needs.The two sentences that handle the goals section for almost any client.How often to update plans, including what Medicare expects.The trap that leaves you choosing between fraud and an unpaid claim.Access Barbara Templates for free inside of Berries: Barbara Treatment Plan Template - https://app.heyberries.com/templates/shared/5Cref8DoKj0lLIoyyWpk Barbara Progress Note Template - https://app.heyberries.com/templates/shared/EqGfNafPQoU0PlLyZ6RQ Connect with Barbara Griswold: Website: https://theinsurancemaze.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheInsuranceMaze/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-griswold-mft-b973b69/ ______________ 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.

    40 min
  5. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: You Are More Than Your Role | 20 min

    Jun 4

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: You Are More Than Your Role | 20 min

    Join Julie Grace for a 20-minute guided meditation created for mental health professionals who need a gentle reminder that they are more than the role they embody. Through breath awareness, visualization, and a releasing exercise, this practice invites you to temporarily set down your clinician identity and reconnect with the whole human being that you are. This meditation guides you through a full-body gratitude practice, helping you appreciate the richness of your life beyond your work. Return to your day or next session feeling grounded, expansive, and deeply reminded of all the threads that make up your unique and vibrant 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.

    20 min
  6. When High Achievement Becomes a Trap with Nichole Coyne

    Jun 2

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

    May 28

    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
  8. 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
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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
    71
  • Rating
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    © 2026 Between Sessions with Berries
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