Navigating and Transitioning Into your Practice With Dr. Shemena

Episode 220 of the Starting a Counseling Practice Success Stories podcast, hosted by Kelly + Miranda, titled "Navigating and Transitioning Into your Practice With Dr. Shemena" was published on January 11, 2022 and runs 49 minutes.

January 11, 2022 ·49m · Starting a Counseling Practice Success Stories

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Summary

Dr. Shemena compares her transition into her private practice to a traffic jam. She felt she knew where she wanted to go but had difficulties getting there. As she started making progress, she wasn't getting the immediate results. By trial and error, and transitioning out of a firm position, she began improving her business. Shemena created workshops and podcast episodes to help others who find themselves stuck in traffic trying to navigate their own practice.

Episode Description

Dr. Shemena credits Jack Nicolson for her career as a therapist. After watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, her interest in psychology sparked as she saw how one's environment can affect a person.

Dr. Shemena, PsyD and LMFT in Los Angeles, shares her process of transitioning into her practice. She talks about the challenges of leaving a corporate position and how it felt like a traffic jam. From stability and low responsibility to freedom and uncertainty, it was a slow-paced change. She also had trouble adjusting to the free time she had as she transitioned from two jobs to focusing solely on her business.

Wishing she had access to Business School programming, Shemena created workshops and a podcast based on her growth within her private practice. She advises why therapists should be in therapy, how to be present with each client, and being open about “what we don't know.”

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