My Thoughts About ‘Can I Be Me’
So I’ve watched the Whitney Houston “Can I Be Me” documentary several times. I miss her so much. I remember when I heard that she had passed away. I was so stunned and so sad, it was hard to process. Even though it was 2012, I’m still admittedly processing how such a soulful, talented icon’s life could be cut so short.
I ‘m so glad, so relieved that I followed my heart & opened Urban Playology. If you build it, they WILL come. I revel in supporting faith-conflicted families struggling with the prospective or confirmed sexual minority status of a loved one. Its super tough for families, especially families of color who sometimes worry about how the addition of yet another minority marker could/would affect their loved one’s life trajectory.
Meanwhile there’s this amazingly talented, beautiful person on the other end of the family’s grief, trying to figure out if it’s at all worth it to stick around in this life. That maybe the greatest gift they can offer to their family is to fade away into silence.
In these situations, it’s my job, my privilege, my honor to hold onto the rainbow of hope that emerges from the ashes of such despair. The rainbow always emerges.
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How To Get Legit: Private Practice Bound & Entrepreneurial Clinicians!
I remember what it was like working full time at a busy public mental health agency.
You meet with your administrative supervisor for like one hour a week. And during those meetings, all’s that’s really up for discussion is how many billable hours you’ve accrued. Sometimes there simply isn’t enough time to how you are doing, how your soul is doing in this hard work. And it’s not enough support when you’re trying your best to provide quality services to all of your deserving clients. Then too there’s always a dilemma, a how-to question, and self care quandary. It was a lot for me! Maybe it’s a lot for you too. So if you find yourself yearning for a soul-nurturing, safe place to develop your clinical practice, give me a call now to hear more about how I can help.
Maybe you want to meet regularly or maybe you’re just really stumped about a particular situation. I’d love to help you intentionally focus on your personal goals & professional skills in meaningful ways. This is truly a heartfelt investment that your future self will thank you for!
Consultation topics include but are not limited to:
What The Heck Comes First?
- Balancing Administrative Duties & Clinical Responsibilities in the Work
- Say Something! I’m Giving Up On You-Successfully Engaging Guarded Clients
- Give It Up, Turn It Loose-Effectively Applying Transference & Countertransference in Treatment
- Ease On Ease On Down The Road-Moving Forward In The Journey to Licensure (LGPC, LCPC, & LPC)
- Boo’ed Up-Navigating the RPT and/or RPT-S Credentialing Process
- Give It Up, Turn It Loose-Finding Your Clinical Niche & Ambitiously Establishing Specialization
- Drop It Like It’s Hot-Effectively Guarding Against Burn-Out
- What’s Goin On?!?-Play Therapy Case Consultation (Identifying Themes of Play & Expressive Arts Interventions)
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