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Episode 135 - VBT Study Hall: Treatment Planning
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Episode 135 - VBT Study Hall: Treatment Planning

What exactly is treatment planning and why do some therapists dread having to do it on a regular basis? This episode is Carrie’s love letter to treatment plans – why they are used, how they can improve therapy outcomes, and why Ben is wrong in his stubborn resistance to writing out a detailed plan for every client.

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Episode 115 - What is Bad Therapy, and Who Gets to Provide It? (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Episode 115 - What is Bad Therapy, and Who Gets to Provide It? (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)

Today’s guest Marie shares her thought-provoking story about a preoccupied telehealth therapist, and we drag Dr. Ben Caldwell into another one of our philosophical crises about what constitutes very bad therapy. Is it not following a treatment plan? Having young children show up in session? Ignoring ruptures? Regularly showing up late? And while we’re at it, what even is therapy? Who should get to be a therapist during the pandemic? Join us on the struggle bus as we try to parse out issues related to telehealth, laws, ethics, clinical practices, privilege, social systems…and bullshit.

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