Between Sessions with Berries

Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation created specifically for therapists and mental health professionals who may sometimes feel responsible for the outcomes of their clients' healing. Through breath awareness, mindfulness, and guided imagination, this Berries meditation offers a compassionate space to release the pressure of outcomes and acknowledge where your responsibility ends and your...

Feeling stuck in the cycle of overworking, under-earning, and wondering if there’s a better way to run your therapy practice? Many mental health professionals hit a point where burnout feels inevitable, especially when traditional models don’t support flexibility or financial growth. In this episode, Nicole Liloia, social worker turned business strategist, shares how she broke out of burnout and b...

Join Julie Grace for this guided Berries meditation designed for therapists navigating the emotional weight that empathy can carry. Through a gentle body scan, breath awareness, and grounding visualization, this practice helps you identify where tension and residue from your sessions may be living in your body, and offers a compassionate, non-judgmental space to simply notice and release. This med...

Thinking about starting a private practice but feeling stuck in fear or uncertainty? Many mental health professionals dream of working independently, yet worry about finding clients, setting the right fees, or marketing themselves without feeling salesy. In this episode, Kym sits down with Nancy Cowden, LMFT, business coach, founder of The Prosperous Therapist, and author of The Prosperous Private...

Join Julie Grace for this guided meditation created specifically for therapists and helping professionals. In your work, you may be carrying more than you realize - echoes of sessions, the weight of responsibility, and care that continues even after conversations end. This Berries meditation offers you a compassionate space to acknowledge that weight, and gently set it down. Through body awareness...

Burnout, documentation overload, and administrative complexity are stretching mental health professionals thin across hospital systems and private practice. The pressure to stay clinically present while managing endless forms, letters, and insurance processes can quietly drain energy and impact the quality of care. In this episode, Porter Charles, LICSW, shares how he integrates AI into both trans...

Join Julie Grace for a calming 10-minute guided meditation designed to help mental health professionals arrive fully into the present moment. This grounding practice invites you to step away from your role as space-holder and simply be with yourself, without judgment or expectation. Through body awareness, breath work, and sensory exploration, this meditation guides you to reconnect with your hear...

If documentation feels like the dishes and laundry of your clinical work, you’re not alone. Many mental health professionals were never properly trained in progress notes, treatment plans, or documentation standards, yet we’re expected to “just know” how to do it. The result? Overthinking, overwhelm, and notes that either pile up or take way too long. In this episode, Kym sits down with Maelisa Mc...

Join Julie Grace for a gentle 5-minute guided meditation created specifically for mental health professionals between client sessions. In your demanding work, it's natural for traces of previous sessions to linger, this practice offers you a compassionate space to pause, breathe, and simply be. Through body and breath awareness, this meditation guides you to release residual energy and establ...

Burnout is not just about client hours and documentation. For many mental health professionals, it starts in supervision. When supervision becomes administrative box-checking instead of real professional development, growth stalls and resentment builds. In this episode, Amy Smitke, LISW, LICDC, clinical supervisor, adjunct professor, and founder of Motivated Wellness Solutions, shares what truly m...

What happens when your dream job slowly turns into the very thing burning you out? For many mental health professionals, the answer is quiet exhaustion, creeping resentment, and a body that starts sending warning signs you cannot ignore. In this episode, Denielle Rigoglioso, licensed professional counselor, certified substance abuse counselor, and founder of Saltwater Coaching and Consulting, shar...

If you are feeling pulled to mentor, supervise, or support newer clinicians but unsure where to start, this episode is for you. Many mental health professionals feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of supervision, worried about time, liability, or doing it “right,” while still wanting to give back to the field. In this episode, Kym sits down with Sindee Gozansky, LCPC, group practice owner, supe...

If you are exhausted from wearing every hat in your practice and telling yourself it is just easier to do it all alone, this episode is for you. Many mental health professionals hit a wall where working harder no longer leads to growth, freedom, or fulfillment. In this conversation, Kym sits down with Adam Robin, healthcare entrepreneur and founder of Private Practice Owners Club, to unpack why bu...

If your website exists but clients still cannot find you, SEO may feel confusing, overwhelming, or like something only big companies can afford, then this is for you. Many mental health professionals assume getting found online requires ads, expensive consultants, or years of waiting for results. In this episode, Kym sits down with Alyssa Corso, SEO consultant and healthcare marketing expert, to b...

Many mental health professionals are taught that talking through trauma is the path to healing, yet in practice, it often leaves clients feeling stuck, dysregulated, or retraumatized. If you have ever felt limited by talk therapy alone or unsure how to safely support clients with trauma histories, this episode is for you. Kym sits down with Janet Bayramyan, licensed clinical social worker and trau...

High-performing clients often look successful on the outside while quietly struggling with stress, sleep issues, and burnout. Many mental health professionals are curious about working with this population but are unsure what the work actually looks like or how to build a sustainable practice without sacrificing boundaries. In this episode, Kym sits down with Dr. Jani Urmi, a clinical health and p...

Feeling boxed in by one-to-one work or already burned out by the pace of community mental health? This episode is for mental health professionals who know they have more to offer but are not sure how to scale their skills without leaving the field altogether. Kym sits down with Anim Aweh, LCSW, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate, to talk about consulting, entrepreneurship, and working with t...

Missed calls, slow follow-ups, and constant intake interruptions can quietly drain time and energy in private practice. For many mental health professionals, the intake process becomes a daily source of stress that pulls focus away from clinical work and accelerates burnout. In this episode, Kym sits down with Uriah Guilford, licensed therapist, group practice owner, and founder of Productive Ther...

Running a private practice is supposed to offer freedom, not constant overwhelm. But if you're wearing every hat (clinician, admin, marketer, manager), it’s easy to feel like your business is running you. In this episode, operations expert Brie Chrisman shares what mental health professionals need most when burnout hits: better backend systems, not just more hustle. With over 15 years of expe...

Many mental health professionals wonder if the traditional therapy career path is the only one available. In this conversation, Krysteena Wilson shares how she nearly left the field after years of low pay, exhaustion, and unclear direction, then rebuilt her entire professional life by questioning the norms she had been taught. Her story shows what becomes possible when clinicians stop defaulting t...

If you’ve been relying on traditional SEO advice to grow your practice, you may already be feeling the shift. With AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity changing how people search, mental health professionals are suddenly navigating a new landscape where visibility depends on more than keywords and blog posts. In this episode, Kym is joined by Chris Morin, a digital marketing strategis...

Many psychiatric nurse practitioners enter the field feeling unprepared, overextended, and unsure how to build a sustainable career in mental health care. In this episode, Dr. Lindsay Hill talks about the challenges new and transitioning psych NPs face, including the lack of structured mentorship, the emotional weight of patient care, and the pressure to follow traditional career paths that often...

Many mental health professionals meet clients with chronic illness but feel unsure how to fully understand the medical trauma, brain fog, fatigue, and identity loss these clients navigate daily. In this conversation, Kym and licensed psychotherapist Christina Kantzavelos explore what clinicians often miss and why chronic illness literacy is essential for ethical, effective care. Christina shares h...

AI is transforming how mental health professionals work, but it’s also creating new layers of uncertainty. For many therapists, it feels confusing at best and ethically risky at worst. Yet, when used with intention, it can actually help you feel more present, connected, and aligned in your work. In this episode, psychologist and business coach Stephanie Thrower shares how she helps values-driven m...

If you’ve ever felt boxed in by the traditional 50-minute therapy model, this episode will expand your view of what’s possible. Therapist and coach Lucy Orton joins Kym to share how she built a global, intentionally spacious practice that serves high-achieving and neurodivergent clients through intensives rather than weekly sessions. Lucy breaks down how she blends modalities like IFS, Brainspotti...