About Today's Show: In this episode, Meg and Emily Hill, LMSW chat about the inevitability of burnout in the current systems that surround us, as well as Emily's thoughts around ruthlessly taking down systems while practicing kindness toward the people caught within them. Emily explores how she experienced burnout working in CMH due to feeling unseen and unheard while being under-resourced within sexist and racist systems. Emily explores how her identities have influenced and impacted her burnou...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 16
About Today's Show: In this week's episode of Mental Status, Meg sits down with Diana Kelly, LCSW to talk about her experiences as a White Latino Sober Army Veteran who works as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Social Work Educator in Indiana. We chat about Diana's experiences with burnout throughout her career, and she explores how her background & identities informed the way she engaged with burnout & eventually found sobriety. Meg and Diana share about their journeys through sobriet...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 15
About Today's Show: In this week's episode of Mental Status, I sat down with Dr. Desiree Howell to talk all about how she went from scraping by, burnt out & stressed out (even at a job she loved!) to working with purpose and abundance. Dr. Desiree explores how she came to understand the exploitative systems surrounding the mental health field, and she talks about her decision to step out of the system & use her privilege to help uplift women while shoving toxic, patriarchal, sexist syste...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 14
About Today's Show: In this week's episode of Mental Status, I sat down with Yulia Golubev, LMHC who speaks about her experiences with burnout as she navigated the ways in which her identities & background intersected with the work she was doing in the field. Yulia explores the impact of being an immigrant to the USA and her experience of providing therapy in a place & language she did not grow up with. She discusses how her various identities impacted the work she did with mandated clie...
Oct 11, 2021•58 min•Ep. 13
About Today's Show: In today's slightly-shorter-than-normal episode, Meg goes on a solo exploration of (and semi-rant about) some of the big reasons we as a community of providers may want to consider speaking more openly & honestly about burnout. About Today's Guest: No guest, just Meg ranting about burnout again! Links & things: Intro & Outro Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Join the Patreon Community! www.patreon.com/mentalstatuspod IG : @ mentals...
Oct 04, 2021•31 min•Ep. 12
About Today's Show: Today’s interview was with Ashley Chambrello, LMFT. In this episode, Ashley shares her burnout story and talks about how her experience of it has evolved over time. We talk about how to manage burnout signs & symptoms on a more regular basis, which includes three levels of self-care (micro, mezzo, macro), as well as professional self-care around accepting your own limits, identifying the folks you work best with, and referring out clients who deserve specialized care from...
Sep 27, 2021•59 min•Ep. 11
About Today's Show: Today’s interview was with Susan Roggendorf, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In our conversation, we talk about how Susan came to realize that she was burnt out, how that affected her mental health, and what she did to aid in her recovery from burnout. We also talked about the need to break down the archaic rules that keep us working in systems that burn us to a crisp, and about how important it is to be the...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 10
About Today's Show: Attention brain science nerds, this episode is for you! In this interview, I sit down with Carissa Weber, LPC, aka @thatdarnamygdala, to talk about all of the fascinating (and tbh, kind of terrifying / awe-inspiring) things that happen to our brains and bodies when we're under stress. Carissa talks about how the effects of stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue manifested in her mental and physical life, and she goes into depth about the cascade of physiological responses ou...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 9
About Today's Show: I had an awesome time sitting down to talk with Matthew Braman, LCSW about his personal journey through burnout and how it has helped shape his work in mental health. In this episode, we talk about balancing the intense work of being a therapist in a community mental health center with the needs & desires of life outside of the office. Matthew talks about how he realized he was burnout—feeling disconnected, depleted, and inattentive to the people in his life. We talked ab...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 8
What a treat this conversation was. This interview is with the vibrant and vulnerable Kara Bolling. Kara talks about facing burnout and painful growth over the past five years or so, from writing and self-publishing a book for pregnant therapists which came out a month before the pandemic hit, to navigating the opposing desires of “business as usual” and “burn it all down.” We talk about being butterfly goo, dealing with our own shit at the same time as our clients, financial anxiety, and trying...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 7
Y'all this episode hits so close to home for me! I am thrilled to have had the chance to sit and chat with Victoria Rodriguez, PLPC, about burnout among community-based MH professionals, as well as the specific considerations for safety & community care for those working in this type of setting. Victoria shares her research into this specific area of service and talks about ways to manage feelings of guilt or discomfort when working with clients in their homes and communities. Victoria Rodri...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 6
Whew. This one is fun. For this episode, I invited my patient and thoughtful fiancé, Nate, onto the show. In it, we talk about how my burnout affected him & his relationship with me, we talk about the vital importance of communicating needs & expectations with each other as a way of mitigating the effects of burnout and pushing forward into the unknown, and he offers some sage advice to past me (which hopefully future me is able to hear). To apply to be a guest on this show, please fill ...
Aug 16, 2021•50 min•Ep. 5
In this episode, we explore some of the more common unhelpful thoughts and beliefs that can contribute to burnout in the helping field, which include: The needs of others take priority over my own If I don't do it, nobody will Self care is selfish when so many are in need Setting boundaries with others means I am rude or uncaring Feeling this way means I'm doing something wrong or I'm not trying hard enough Meg talks a little bit about how these thoughts can be harmful (and sneaky!) and offers u...
Aug 09, 2021•42 min•Ep. 4
In this episode, we go over the definitions for compassion fatigue (aka vicarious traumatization) and burnout, talk about the differences between the two, and do a brief exploration of how important it is to consider how your identity will influence the way you experience these things. American Institute of Stress: www.stress.org "When Helpers Need Help" Webinar Recording: YouTube To apply to be a guest on this show, please fill out this Interviewee Interest form and let me know what you'd like ...
Aug 02, 2021•36 min•Ep. 3
Join Meg as she explores how by not taking burnout seriously and believing that only other people experienced burnout, she got burnt the f*ck out... and fast. To apply to be a guest on this show, please fill out this Interviewee Interest form and let me know what you'd like to add to the conversation! To get individualized help finding your way out of burnout, schedule a 1-1 burnout coaching session with Meg on Calendly . Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com IG: @ m...
Jul 26, 2021•31 min•Ep. 2
In this very first episode, Megan talks about her own journey(s) through burnout as an early-career therapist, as well as who this podcast is for and why. Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com IG: @ mentalstatuspod Website: mentalstatus.transistor.fm Talk to me: mentalstatuspod [at] gmail.com Disclaimer, y'all : This is a podcast meant for education and entertainment purposes. I'm not your therapist. This podcast doesn't replace therapy or clinical supervision and is...
Jul 19, 2021•47 min•Ep. 1
