Between Sessions with Berries

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

    2D AGO

    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
  2. Closing the Gap in Asian Mental Health Care with Jonathan Llamas

    4D AGO

    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
  3. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Being the Container | 12 min

    APR 30

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Being the Container | 12 min

    Join Julie Grace for this guided meditation designed to help therapists strengthen their inner sense of stability - the steady, grounded presence that their clients rely on. Through breath awareness and gentle self-observation, this practice invites you to notice your natural responses when strong or complex emotions arise in the room, building awareness without judgment. This meditation guides you to reconnect with your foundation, so that you can hold space for your clients with ease, allowing emotions to move through the session without taking them on. You'll return to your day feeling secure, present, and grounded in the steady awareness that is always within you. 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
  4. Why Private Practice Feels So Isolating and What to Do About It with Tara Wells

    APR 28

    Why Private Practice Feels So Isolating and What to Do About It with Tara Wells

    Going from a busy agency or school system to solo private practice can feel like stepping into a vacuum. The coworkers, the structure, the built-in community, it's all gone. And for many mental health professionals, that shift is lonelier than they expected. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Tara Wells, LCSW, and founder of the Unpacked Mastermind, to talk about what actually happens to clinicians when they go out on their own. Tara brings both lived experience and a growing platform built specifically to fill the gap that grad school, group chats, and Facebook forums never could. In This Episode, We Cover: Why solo private practice creates a silo and how that isolation affects mental health professionals differently than other entrepreneurs.What "pitching" means for clinicians and why learning to articulate your niche is a core business skill.How Tara built a free mastermind for South Florida therapists before scaling it into the Unpacked Mastermind.What the mastermind format looks like and why it works better than async forums for real-time feedback and accountability.Who the Unpacked Mastermind is for, including clinicians who are still agency-based but curious about private practice.The business mistakes therapists make early on and why most are learning everything as they go.Connect with Tara Wells: Website: https://www.finishlinemindset.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/finishlinemindset TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@finishlinemindset LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarawellslcsw/ ______________ 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.

    36 min
  5. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Holding Uncertainty With Confidence | 13 min

    APR 24

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Holding Uncertainty With Confidence | 13 min

    Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation created specifically for therapists navigating the uncertainty that is inherent to therapeutic work. In those moments when a session ends without resolution, when a question lingers, something remains open, or clarity hasn't yet arrived, this practice offers you a grounded space to pause and simply be with what is. Through sound and body awareness, this meditation gently invites you to explore how uncertainty registers in your mind and body, and to discover the steadiness that is already present within you. Rather than reaching for answers, you are guided toward a quiet confidence rooted not in resolution, but in your capacity to remain present and hold space, even when things are still unfolding. 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
  6. The Five Ms of Mental Health for Clinicians with Dr. Pedro Morante

    APR 21

    The Five Ms of Mental Health for Clinicians with Dr. Pedro Morante

    Mental health professionals are often the last ones to apply what they know to themselves. The pressure to keep showing up for clients, students, and colleagues can quietly chip away at the foundation that makes good clinical work possible in the first place. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Dr. Pedro Morante, clinical director at Psych Up Mental Health Services and founder of PASS Review Center, a board prep and mentorship program for nurse practitioners. Dr. Morante shares the Five Ms framework he uses with both patients and clinicians, breaks down how anxiety and identity get tangled together during board prep, and talks honestly about how AI tools like Berries are helping reduce the documentation burden that drives so many professionals toward burnout. In This Episode, We Cover The Five Ms of Mental Health: Movement, Mindfulness, Mastery, Meaningful Engagement, and Mediterranean Diet.Why burnout is so common among high-performing clinicians and what actually helps.How test anxiety and perfectionism affect board exam performance for nurse practitioners.What the 90-day prep window looks like and why timing matters for certification success.The role of AI in reducing documentation burden and supporting clinical decision-making.How Dr. Morante's PASS Review Center helps students separate identity from performance.Connect with Dr. Pedro Morante: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peter.morante/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peter.morante/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermorante/ ______________ 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.

    29 min
  7. Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Trusting Your Clinical Judgment | 14 min

    APR 16

    Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Trusting Your Clinical Judgment | 14 min

    Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation created specifically for therapists navigating self-doubt and decision fatigue. In this Berries meditation, you are invited to gently land in the present moment, notice where uncertainty lives in your body, and simply be with it -  without judgment, without pressure to resolve anything. Through breath awareness and grounding visualization, this practice guides you to reconnect with the knowledge, skills, and experience that already orient your clinical presence. You'll move back into your day reminded that there is no perfect map for your work - only the quiet, reliable direction within you. 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. Link: https://we.tl/t-29DiDaB3WW3FrxLH ______________ 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.

    15 min
  8. What Therapists Get Wrong About Session Notes with Barbara Griswold

    APR 14

    What Therapists Get Wrong About Session Notes with Barbara Griswold

    Most mental health professionals know they need to keep session notes. What they often don't know is that the notes they're writing may not hold up when it matters most, whether that's an insurance audit, a licensing board complaint, or a client requesting records. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Barbara Griswold, LMFT and author of Navigating the Insurance Maze, to talk about what actually needs to be in a compliant progress note. Barbara has spent decades helping therapists avoid losing money, and she's distilling that experience into the practical documentation guidance most clinicians never got in grad school. In This Episode, We Cover: Why out-of-network and private pay therapists are not off the hook when it comes to documentation.The one detail most EHRs get wrong that triggers insurance clawbacks.The four cornerstones of a strong progress note and what to include in each section.Why listing "supportive listening" as an intervention can work against you.How to document medical necessity in every note without overhauling your entire process.Barbara's progress note template, now available inside Berries.Barbara’s Template in Berries You can now access Barbara’s template directly in Berries and use it in your own sessions. Go to Templates → select Barbara’s template → click Add to Library. 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.

    34 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
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Between Sessions with Berries
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