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Is Cussing in Session Unprofessional or Good Care?

Working Phase is a weekly newsletter to help therapists be informed, resilient, and effective in and out of the therapy room. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to receive the newsletter in your inbox, every Sunday, totally free! What should you do when a client apologizes for cus...

Aug 11, 2025 intergenerational exchange joy intervention subscriber connect and learn working phase perspective wp extras

Is 28 Client Hours a Full Load, or a Fast Track to Burnout?

Working Phase is a weekly newsletter to help therapists be informed, resilient, and effective in and out of the therapy room. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to receive the newsletter in your inbox, every Sunday, totally free! Every few days, a therapist logs onto facebook and ...

by ACM — Aug 04, 2025 essential downloads intergenerational exchange joy intervention supporters connect and learn working phase perspective wp extras

ARCHIVE CMH Survival Guide So What's the Verdict? Where is the grass greenest in 2023?

This is an archived post from The Community Mental Health Survival Guide, an email-only predecessor to Working Phase. It's copied from a post originally sent between 2020 and 2024.

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ARCHIVE CMH Survival Guide Be Your Own Boss? Maybe!

This is an archived post from The Community Mental Health Survival Guide, an email-only predecessor to Working Phase. It's copied from a post originally sent between 2020 and 2024.

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ARCHIVE CMH Survival Guide Would you be happier being self-employed or working full time?

This is an archived post from The Community Mental Health Survival Guide, an email-only predecessor to Working Phase. It's copied from a post originally sent between 2020 and 2024.

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ICYMI - July Roundup!

Working Phase is a weekly newsletter to help therapists be informed, resilient, and effective in and out of the therapy room. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to receive the newsletter in your inbox, every Sunday, totally free! This July, each newsletter nearly burst at the sea...

Jul 27, 2025 icymi joy intervention

Texas Flood Hero Inspires Courage in Us All (+Workshop Replay and Guest Resource)

The Texas floods happened over a week ago and the losses have been so terrible I’ve struggled to write anything useful about it. But then… I heard about a brand new member of the Coast Guard who quit his job as an accountant to become a rescue swimmer 6 months ago! He ended up assigned to Cam...

by ACM — Jul 21, 2025 essential downloads intergenerational exchange joy intervention supporters connect and learn working phase perspective

“My client graduated! There’s muffins in the kitchen to celebrate!”

Therapy work is super weird for many reasons. One of the strangest parts of our job is the way we have to be extra thoughtful about the question from loved ones: “how was your day?” We are the possibly the last guardians of privacy…which is probably why certain companies are willing to beg, ...

Jul 14, 2025 guest voice joy intervention supporter connect and learn live working phase perspective

A Simple, Old-School Trick to Stay Focused and Get Clear About Your Work and Life

Life for many of us, especially as we get older and deal with work and personal changes, can feel like a constant rush. This can sometimes turn into a quiet worry – a feeling that what we do each day doesn't quite match the deeper purpose we're looking for. When it's hard to focus, stress builds...

Jul 11, 2025 focus productivity tip welcome dr. truss readers!

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” isn’t just hitting clients, it's coming for therapists too. What to expect. (+ Some Audio/Visual joy)

Last week, a very large budget bill was passed in Congress. It affects everything from SNAP, to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, along with immigration and tax policy. Because there are so many things in this bill that are concerning, you may have missed the significant changes that are c...

Jul 06, 2025 joy intervention presenting issues subscriber connect and learn the working phase perspective

Supporters Live: Schedule Change/Deadline Extended 1 DAY (+A Little Joy Intervention From a Real Writer)

"The Working Phase Perspective" (Main Essay) There's no essay this week, Working Phase (and I, Andreana, the human behind it) is in product development mode! If you were busy this month (hahaha she laugh/cries in the language of all 2025 therapists...) Catch up with these: Is It Time to Sc...

by acm — Jun 30, 2025 supporters live

Is it time to screen for AI use in client safety planning?

Being realistic about AI use means acknowledging a few things: Chat-based AI is not going anywhere. The promises of AI (like any new technology) are a little overhyped. Until we have developed tech literacy about this new tool, humans will use the tech in both beautiful and terrible ways. T...

Jun 23, 2025 essential downloads joy intervention presenting issues subscriber connect and learn the working phase perspective

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