It’s been a long COVID year, and what did we learn? We learned to hold our loved ones dear, to kiss our children, appreciate and lean on our friends, family’s and partners. For so many of us, this last year has been a time where we lost loved ones, lost employment, lost a sense of safety and balance in the world. Those wounds will all take time to recover.
For me as a therapist, I learned a great deal about the many ways trauma can show up in a persons life. Racial Trauma, Physical Trauma, Emotional Trauma, so many ways we are impacted and at times we may not even know how or why. Please pay close attention to your mood, to your stomach, your shoulders, your breathing and your thoughts, and seek help when you need to.
During the pandemic I received a tremendous number of client calls and requests, and have worked to increase my capacity as a therapist, I was seeing as many clients as possible to meet this dire need. I realized I was burning out and could not last. I decided to go ahead and further develop my group private practice. At the time I had about 7 providers, and throughout the pandemic and these months since, we have blossomed into 50 providers, including several LCSW and LMHC supervisors. It has been a blessing to be able to serve the community and those who need help. I quickly realized many of the therapists who reached out to me wanted to go into practice on their own.
I started coaching new therapists and sharing tips and created some 1:1 plans to help therapists foster successful businesses. It was something I started doing in 2016, but at that time I never intended to do it outside of my close circle of friends and colleagues. Between 2016 and 2020, I was able to help about a dozen clients get their start or make some specific changes within their private practices.
With the nearing end of the pandemic coming, I realize and continue to read that our countries mental health issues will continue to soar and even increase. I feel great about offering a service where I can teach, coach and guide providers into creating useful, sustainable private practices. And terrific about the high quality of the coaching service I provide!
Please check us out on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AmiraRaphaella .Our facebook group is called The Build- Private Practice Coaching and Development for the Faint of Heart. Or find us online at https://www.amiramartin.com/
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