9. From FBI Reject to New Therapist Incubator (ft. Britney Eglinton, LPC-S)

This week Karen learned a couple things about scheduling and time-keeping in sessions and taking responsibility when you, the therapist, royally mess up. Jazmin and Karen discuss a recent incident when Karen ran way, way over time in one session to the point where her subsequently scheduled clients just headed home with no idea what might have happened. Stopped clock? Serious accident? Alien abduction? WTF??? Regardless of the cause, the next stop is full-on embarrassment and effusive apologizing. In our interview we’re talking with Britney Eglinton who puts the super in supervisor! She’s a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in Texas and a certified Trauma Informed Care trainer for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from the University of North Texas and a Master of Science in Counseling from Southern Methodist University. Britney currently works in the counseling center of a major university in Texas as a therapist for college students and as the training coordinator for the clinic, where she supervises and organizes the internship program for master level students in the counseling and social work programs on campus. She also runs a private practice out of which she primarily provides supervision for LPC-Associates. Before transitioning to working in a university setting, Britney worked as the Director of Mental Health services in a juvenile detention facility for almost 12 years working with incarcerated youth and developing and running all mental health services in that facility. We talk with Britney a lot about her particular inspiration and path into the mental health field, including her initial goal of becoming a behavioral analyst in the FBI. We dig into her passion for managing, leading, and mentoring other counselors and her work now focusing on advocating for and with new counselors as they navigate the minefield that is becoming a mental health professional. Britney shares with us her experience in a “scared straight” version of a Counseling 101 class in grad school that gave her a leg up in some ways, but also left some things out. She talks about how it genuinely surprised her to realize just how much being in this profession would impact her personally, how much more inner work she would need to do, and the importance of being in therapy yourself if you want to be a therapist. Resources mentioned: Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth by John HubnerSilence of the Lambs (1991 film)Criminal Minds (2005 TV show)The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkThe Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry and Maia SzalavitzAttached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. HellerFreedom Writers (2007 film)Inside Out (2015 film) Winnie the Pooh stories by A.A. MilneThank you for listening! To support the show and receive access to regular bonus episodes, check out the Therapy Tea Patreon community https://www.patreon.com/TherapyTeaPodcast.Follow us on social media: Facebook: Therapy Tea Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552953196482 Instagram: @therapyteapod https://www.instagram.com/therapyteapod/ Thoughts? Questions? Email us at [email protected] (And, if you’re reaching out to recommend a guest, please write “Guest Suggestions” in the subject line.)Disclaimer: This podcast is not therapy and does not establish a professional, therapeutic counseling relationship. All statements made on this podcast by hosts and guests are their individual personal perspectives only and are not necessarily shared by anyone else. The hosts and guests on this podcast are not speaking on behalf of all mental health professionals or the profession as a whole.