Who else works in the mental health field?

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13 Nov 2022, 2:03 pm

I am an ADHD and ASD therapist. It's a beautiful job but very demanding. I see on average 7 to 8 clients a day, 50 minute sessions on an 8 hour work day. I'm exhausted when the day is done :skull:

Anyone else working in the field?

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13 Nov 2022, 3:05 pm

I got a degree in speech pathology—but I am not presently working as a therapist.

Congratulations on your success! I remember you from a few years ago.

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14 Nov 2022, 2:15 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

I got a degree in speech pathology—but I am not presently working as a therapist.

Congratulations on your success! I remember you from a few years ago.

Thank you! I still feel quite overwhelmed with adult life regularly, but things have definitely gotten better for me with time.

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17 Nov 2022, 2:36 am

I used to do work in that field. I didn't have any degrees or anything, but I got quite a lot of certifications on the job which had to be regularly renewed. It was a very demanding, but rewarding job.

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28 Dec 2022, 6:12 pm

Worthless wrote:

Ah, may I ask why you stopped?

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17 Jan 2023, 7:27 pm

I'm sorry I didn't see this thread earlier.

I don't work in the mental health field myself, but I would like to call your attention to an organization you might not be aware of: the Association of Neurodivergent Therapists, based in the U.K., founded in spring 2021. As far as I am aware, this is the world's first professional association of neurodivergent people in any profession.

Hopefully similar organizations will form in other countries, the sooner the better.

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24 Jan 2023, 10:15 am

Cafeaulait wrote:

I am an ADHD and ASD therapist. It's a beautiful job but very demanding. I see on average 7 to 8 clients a day, 50 minute sessions on an 8 hour work day. I'm exhausted when the day is done :skull:

Anyone else working in the field?

7-8 patients a day is too much even for an NT therapist!! !! !!

Are you an LMHC or a Psy.D.???

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30 May 2023, 3:11 pm

Mona Pereth wrote:

Thank you so much. That's useful. I will have a look at it.

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30 May 2023, 3:13 pm

FletcherArrow wrote:

Cafeaulait wrote:

I am an ADHD and ASD therapist. It's a beautiful job but very demanding. I see on average 7 to 8 clients a day, 50 minute sessions on an 8 hour work day. I'm exhausted when the day is done :skull:

Anyone else working in the field?

7-8 patients a day is too much even for an NT therapist!! ! ! ! !

Are you an LMHC or a Psy.D.???

What do LMHC and Psy.D mean? I am from Europe.

And yes I don't know how other therapists do it. To me it feels like running a marathon every day.

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