Hello, la. Let's talk about pre-licensed therapist mental health. Did you know that 20 to 50% of graduate

students report symptoms of depression and anxiety during their training program? This is according to various

sources. Compared to the general public, graduate students are six times more likely to experience

depression and or anxiety.

For the Latinx community, various factors such as support and pressures from family, poor work

life balance, perfectionism, and being overwork increases the chances of mental health struggles.

Poor mental and emotional well-being leads

to burnout and compassion fatigue for many therapists. And it also becomes difficult to recover

from these once it is experienced. Good mentorship, good supervision, access to therapy, supportive

and flexible environments are factors that begin to help

to combat some of these mental health struggles while also building necessary skills for

pre-licensed therapists. In this episode, we are going to discuss the challenges of pre-licensed

therapists through their stories, what was helpful during their times of transitions,

how one received accommodations for her licensing exam, and the experience that she went through

for that, and how they have taken care of their mental health throughout their journey.

Plus, a few resources will be shared.

We have two guests today that are very special

to me, and you'll hear why shortly. Our first guest is Jennifer Leon Salinas. Jennifer is an

undocumented first-generation immigrant from Nichuacan, Mexico. She is a bilingual trauma-focused

marriage and family therapist associate who graduated from Mount St. Mary's University in 2021.

And since then, has specialized with BIPP-Young adults, undocumented folks, first-gen college students, and Latinxmic status family dynamics.

Jennifer is trained in EMDR and IFS level one. Being a DACA

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