102. Transfer Request Denied

Communicating with clients is already hard, but imagine how much harder it gets when your client criticizes your Mandarin language skills and requests a transfer. Cat shares this experience and reflects on the power dynamics as she struggled to find a balance between her therapeutic style and the client's needs. Through supervision and self-reflection, she learns to put aside her ego and approach the client with empathy and validation. The rupture and repair process in therapy is explored, and Cat emphasizes the importance of not taking criticism personally and understanding the client's struggles.


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Join us for stories from behind the closed therapy door. You’ll hear relatable experiences from other therapists, including bloopers, highlight reels, and other ridiculous moments that you thought you were the only one experiencing.

Each episode contains 50% inspiration, 50% storytelling, and 100% real humans and their journey in the mental health field.

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We’re not the gatekeepers for good and bad therapy but we are here to shine a light on the difficult decisions therapists face on a daily basis - and normalize the mysterious gray area of clinical practice that no one wants to talk about.

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