Episodes
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Therapist Horror Stories
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
In honor of SPOOKY SEASON we asked our listeners and community for their horror stories. We didn't want the PARANORMAL kind, we wanted the ones that left our peers and colleagues in shock and terror for different reasons. As you will see, in this episode, the horror ranges from kinda scary to outright terrifying.
Elisa Dobler, LCSW-S and myself, Cristal Acosta, LPC-S, NCC, CCTP read submissions and react to therapist horror stories. We even tell some spooky stories of our own.
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
The Intersection of Politics and Mental Health feat. Veronica Carbajal
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
The personal is political and the political is personal. Mental health is both personal and political! It's about viewing the person as a whole within a larger system. My guest today really, really gets this.
Lawyer and mayoral candidate, Veronica Carbajal, is a guest on today's episode to talk about her views on politics and mental health. If you are an El Pasoan, this episode provides a window into our city politics. We talk about #BLM, the City's COVID-19 response, gentrification, and Vero's plan on changing the City's governmental landscape. Get ready for some truth bombs #realtalk #therealdeal!
More about today's guest:
From www.veroformayor.com
"Verónica Carbajal is a progressive running a grassroots campaign to become the first Latina Mayor of El Paso, Texas.
Vero is a Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. lawyer and an advocate for the people, who has devoted her life to social justice, particularly, environmental justice, fair and affordable housing, disaster assistance, historic and cultural preservation, and animal rights.
Vero is a fourth generation fronteriza, raised in both Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua and El Paso; and she is also a children’s book author. She is a graduate of Burges High School, Brown University and The University of Texas School of Law."
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Friday Apr 19, 2019
BECOMING A CLINICAL SUPERVISOR- feat. Dr.Kate Walker
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Hello, Through the Eyes of a Therapist Podcast listeners! If you’ve gotten this far in my latest series on becoming a therapist, you’ve heard about Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers, and School Counselors. You know by now that to become a therapist, you need to get a master’s degree and to become fully licensed, you must complete a post-graduate internship. Most of these last at least 18 months post masters and you need to accumulate 3,000 hours of supervised practice.
Supervised practice means that you must contract someone who is a clinical supervisor to oversee and sign off on your 3,000 hours. Clinical supervisors make an investment in provisionally licensed practitioners by meeting with them on a weekly basis, going over treatment plans, evaluations, personal issues that may be affecting work with clients, and progress notes. This is, probably, the last time a clinician is being closely monitored in their career before becoming independently licensed.
To explain this further, my guest on the podcast today is Dr.Kate Walker. She is an expert on therapist development and growth. Her work includes training fully licensed therapists in becoming clinical supervisors. She has also written a book called “My Next Steps, Create a Counseling Career You’ll Love.” Find this book on amazon for less than 15 bucks! https://www.amazon.com/My-Next-Steps-Create-Counseling/dp/1937514722
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Monday Feb 18, 2019
BECOMING A PLAY THERAPIST- feat. Kristin Trick, LPC, RPT
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
El Paso, TX, 79902
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Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
Social work is a diverse and large field where individuals can grow professionally in many different directions. Clinical Social Work is one area of specialty where social workers can conduct therapy services. Licensed Clinical Social workers are trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities that allows them the title of "therapist". LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCs, Counseling Psychologists, and some school psychologists can do "therapy" or what we call "clinical work". After this episode about LCSWs, I will be interviewing psychologists and therapy/clinical supervisors so you can understand the nuanced positions the mental health field has to offer.
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Here is some must have info about today's guests:
Erica Barrales, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who currently works as a Senior Social Worker for Orange County Children and Family Services in Orange, California. She currently is assigned as a Senior Social Worker in the Specialized Family Services: Continuing and Court Officers program. For the past 11 years, she has worked with children and families in the capacity of family reunification, family maintenance, and adoption focused cases. For the past 5 years she has worked with the special medical, developmental, and behaviorally fragile children and families. She is a seasoned and well-rounded leader within her program. She’s been in the social work field since 2003 and has experience in school counseling, psychotherapy, and supervising Associate Clinical Social Work interns. She provides clinical supervision to Associate Clinical Social Workers earning clinical hours for licensure.
She was raised as a daughter of Mexican immigrant parents, and grew up in Anaheim, CA. She is married to her husband of 13 years, who is a deputy sheriff. She has 3 boys, ranging from 4 to 12 years old, loves to drink wine, dance, and spend time with her large family.
Alvely Alcantara is an LCSW in the state of NC with cultural roots in the Dominican Republic. She has been in practice since March 2015 at a nonprofit serving the local Latinx community. The majority of her work is done in Spanish as most of her clients are Spanish speakers. She specialize in trauma treatment, depression, anxiety and adjustment/acculturation problems, and primarily works with females. She loves working with teens (15+) to young adults but has the ability to work with people from eight to a geriatric age. She is not yet in private practice but plans to take that next step for her career. She has a passion for working with the Military population and comes from a military family herself.
To get in touch with Alvely or Erica, you can email hello@throughtheeyesofatherapist.org
For more information about social work you may visit the National Association of Social Work:
https://www.socialworkers.org/
https://www.socialworkers.org/Careers
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Monday Dec 24, 2018
BECOMING A SOCIAL WORKER- feat. Elisa D., LMSW
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Social Workers can thrive in many settings---hospitals, mental health clinics, schools, and much more! Elisa and I discuss the versatility of social workers and talk about what it takes to become a clinical social worker.
Elisa Dobler, LMSW is a therapist at the El Paso Child Guidance Center since October of 2015. Elisa has a Master of Arts from Bowling Green State University and a Master of Science in Social Work from UTEP and is Licensed Clinical Social Work Candidate. While in the master of social work program, Elisa was awarded the Hogg Bilingual Scholarship for Mental Health and the SAMSHA/HRSA Borderland Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Initiative Grant. Currently she is trained in TF-CBT, EMDR among other modalities and works primarily with victims of crime. Previously, Elisa worked in public education as an IB (International Baccalaureate) teacher and English IV teacher from 2006-2013. She speaks three languages and enjoys taking weekend hikes, playing the piano, and spending time with family.
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Monday Dec 10, 2018
BECOMING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR-featuring Vanessa De Jesus, LAC
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Counselors are liaisons who balance student emotions & academics. They handle crises, teach counseling lessons in classrooms, provide psychoeducation to teachers, maintain positive working relationships with parents, and help kids with anything from bullying to grieving!
Vanessa De Jesus Guzman is a licensed associate counselor and a national certified counselor with 15 years of experience in the education and counseling fields combined. Before becoming a counselor Vanessa was a tenured second grade teacher. Her love for wanting to help children on a deeper level led her to begin a career in counseling. Vanessa is currently a middle school counselor in an New Jersey public schools and a licensed therapist providing in-home therapy to children and families in crisis. Vanessa also runs social skills groups for children ages 7-13.
Vanessa’s passion is helping children grow to be caring, thriving and resilient kids with strong values and sound character. She is also dedicated to helping parents and educators build strong and healthy relationships with their children and students, which she accomplishes via speaking engagements, parent coaching, and blogging.
On her free time Vanessa enjoys being active in professional organizations, salsa dancing, practicing yoga, and laughing with her husband and son.
Website: www.counselor-dejesus.com
Email: counselorvdejesus@gmail.com
Instagram: @counselorvdejesus
For more information please visit www.throughtheeyesofatherapist.org
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