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Guest: Cindi Miller MA, LMHC (she/her)
Host: Kayla Schubert-Wirth, MSW, LCSW (she/her)

Therapists are often punished for being good at their work through increased responsibilities with decreased support. When you're the "go-to" clinician, expect to handle everything solo while leadership tells you to just be grateful for the opportunity.

• Working in residential treatment facilities and group practices with unrealistic expectations
• Being thrown into high-acuity situations with zero training or preparation
• Having seven different supervisors in four months, each with conflicting expectations
• Complete lack of safety protocols, including being left alone with a client who pulled a knife
• The double standard of being told to have "intrinsic motivation" while receiving no feedback
• Experiencing burnout from constantly being left to "figure it out" without proper resources
• Showing up authentically with clients despite system pressures to conform
• Finding your path forward might mean leaving toxic workplaces, even without a perfect alternative

If you've ever felt like speaking up made you difficult, if being the go-to therapist has left you drowning in responsibilities and gaslighting, or if you're tired of being told to be grateful for unsafe, unsupported, unpaid work, you're not the problem, the system is.

Resources & Links:

🔹 Cindi's Instagram: @sportsfoodandmentalhealth

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