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14 Therapists Answer: What are the best self-care tips for free, on a budget, and at a higher price point?

When we interview our associate therapists, we ask them about their best tips for self-care. Everyone approaches this differently. Some of our therapists really give us food for thought as to what self-care truly means. Many give a variety of tips, knowing that we each need different things at different times. Here are what 14 of our associate therapists responded...[ read more ]

Your Therapist Think You Might Be Surprised to Know This About Them

"What might your clients be surprised to learn about you?"

When we interview our associate therapists, we like to ask them a variety of different questions. Sure, we ask about their modalities and therapeutic orientation. But we also like to learn more about their human side. One of the questions that we ask is: "What might your clients be surprised to learn about you?" Here is how 15 different associate...[ read more ]

17 Therapists Answer: What is a client’s experience like working with you?

17 Therapists Answer: What is a client's experience like working with you?

What is it like to work with a therapist? Well, it really depends a lot on the therapist. We asked our associate therapists: What is it like to work with you? How would you (or clients) say you are in the room? Here is what seventeen different therapists responded, giving you a comprehensive picture of some of the things you...[ read more ]

11 Therapists Answer: What do you do outside of work to stay inspired?

We recently shared with you several therapists' answers to the question about what keeps them inspired in their work. However, therapists are whole people, too, so we also wanted to know what keeps them inspired outside of the work. After all, work-life balance and self-nurturing are wonderful things for therapists to model! Here, eleven of our associate therapists share what...[ read more ]

16 Therapists Answer: What other modalities inform your work?

16 Therapists Answer: What other modalities inform your work?

When we interview our associate therapists, we like to ask them about the modalities that inform their work. Yes, of course they have a specific therapeutic orientation and areas of speciality, which we also ask them about that. But what we really want to know, beyond that, is what types of life experience, education, etc. they bring into their work...[ read more ]

Conversations with Clinicians: Cynthia Martin

therapist interview Cynthia Martin

  Center for Mindful Psychotherapy is a non profit collective of approximately 100 Associate Marriage and Family Therapists in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can learn more about each of them from perusing our Therapist Directory. In our Conversations with Clinicians series, we interview therapists so that you get to know them in more depth. They share more about...[ read more ]

Conversations with Clinicians: Mark Resch

therapist interview with Mark Resch

Conversations with Clinicians is our therapist interviews series. It provides an opportunity for you to get to know more about one of our associate therapists. Moreover, you can learn about different therapeutic orientations, reasons people become therapists, and what they recommend in terms of media, Bay Area locations, and more. Today, meet California East Bay therapist Mark Resch. He is a...[ read more ]

Conversations with Clinicians: Julie Peters

Welcome back to Conversations with Clinicians where we interview one of our associate therapists. We like to give you this opportunity to learn more about the way that they work. Moreover, they give us some great tips and resources that we hope you'll find helpful. Today, meet Julie Peters. She is a California therapist providing Telehealth therapy. What is Your...[ read more ]

Surprises in the Therapy Room

ca therapists Share Some Things That happen in therapy that might surprise you

Thankfully, therapy is increasingly destigmatized. More and more people understand the benefits, reap the rewards, and are open about their experiences. However, even if you've been to therapy before, you might be surprised to learn about some of the things that happen in the therapy room. We asked our therapists two questions related to this. We're here today to share...[ read more ]

9 Therapists Share Their Favorite Inspiring Quotes

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Have you ever wondered what your therapist would say if you asked them what their favorite quote is? After all, quotes inspire and guide us. The ones that therapists love can tell us a lot about who they are, what they believe in, and whether or not they're the right fit for your needs as a client. Therefore, in our...[ read more ]

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