At least in the United States, before a therapist can legally be a therapist, there are education

and experience requirements that have to be met.

If you've been listening to the podcast for any length of time or following me on social

media, you may know that IMA Master's Degree student in Clinical Mental Health Council,

and that degree will ultimately lead to me being a licensed therapist in the state of New

York.

And part of the requirements for obtaining my Master's Degree is to spend 30 weeks doing

actual, real world clinical work under supervision at a field site somewhere.

Now, I'm at that point of the program, or I have to get that all ironed out, and to

be completely honest with you, the process of seeking out field sites and sending out

resumes and cover letters and arranging interviews is taking up quite a bit of my time, so I

just wanted to pop in today to give you that little minor update and to let you know

that because of that, there is no podcast episode this week.

But that doesn't mean that there's nothing if you're following along with Josh Fletcher

and I on the Disordered Podcast this coming Friday, we are releasing an episode on distraction,

and whether or not it's good for anxiety, does it work or should you avoid it?

You could find more about the Disordered Podcast at Disordered.fm, so I'd advise you

to go check that out, and of course, this is an opportunity to either take a break with

me, which is perfectly okay, and sometimes can really help in recovery, or check out any

of the back catalogues 200 and something other episodes of this podcast that I've recorded

over the last 8 years or so.

So anyway, no podcast episode this week.

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