Between Sessions with Berries

Berries

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

    1d 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
  2. From Therapy Room to Coaching Business with Carly Hill

    3d ago

    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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Closing the Gap in Asian Mental Health Care with Jonathan Llamas

    May 5

    Closing the Gap in Asian Mental Health Care with Jonathan Llamas

    Mental health stigma is a barrier many clients face, but for those from Asian communities, it often runs deeper. It's wrapped up in family honor, generational silence, and the belief that struggling is something to be hidden rather than addressed. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Jonathan Llamas, psychiatric nurse practitioner and founder of Mind and Heart, to talk about what culturally informed mental health care actually looks like. Jonathan shares how his own background, Filipino heritage, faith, and a journey through failure and reinvention, shaped the way he shows up for clients and the gap he sees in how providers are trained to handle culture, spirituality, and the whole person. In This Episode, We Cover: Why mental health stigma in Asian communities is often rooted in family honor and generational trauma, not resistance to care.How internal dialogue shapes the lens through which clients experience the world and why it matters clinically.Ways to open conversations about culture and upbringing without fear of causing offense.How to approach faith and spirituality as a potential protective factor rather than a clinical landmine.Why medication management alone misses the picture and what holistic care looks like in practice.What providers are not being taught in school about navigating cultural, spiritual, and trauma-informed conversations.Why authenticity matters as much in clinical presence as it does on social media.Connect with Jonathan Llamas: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjonathanvllamas/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjonathanvllamas/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindandheartofficial/ ______________ 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

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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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