Live Podcast: Curt and Katie are live at Therapy Reimagined 2019. We talk about what the #therapymovement aspires to accomplish. We talk about the broken educational system, the need for a livable wage, the ways we can improve our profession, and stronger ways that we can show up for our clients.            It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age. In this episode we talk about: The origin story of the #therapymovement What needs to be changed in our profession The conversations we are having and need to continue having Conversations with #moderntherapists about education and therapist-ways-of-being How continuing education needs to shift to support the actual job The difference between what graduate programs teach and what the work actually looks like What do we do to improve the profession? The importance of a livable wage #postthepay The threat on our scope of practice if we don’t have adequate numbers The need to improve the quality of the therapists that come out of the educational system The importance of getting new voices into the conversation Looking at what therapy has been versus what therapy can be How to step into leadership in this #therapymovement The way to effect change, both in our office and the world The importance of being present to help keep our clients alive Now what?   Our Generous Sponsors: SimplePractice SimplePractice is a HIPAA compliant, fully integrated EHR for health and wellness professionals in private practice. It consistently ranks as the “#1 Most Popular Mental Health Software” on Capterra, and has collected over $2.8 billion in revenue for its customers. SimplePractice offers features like paperless intakes, automated billing for self-pay and insurance, free appointment reminders, secure messaging, telehealth, and more. Learn more by going to www.simplepractice.com/therapyreimagined. You can also sign up and receive a special promotion of getting 3 months of SimplePractice for the price of 1 (equivalent to a $50 credit). Please note, this offer is valid for new customers only and does not include product add-ons. This is episode is also sponsored by Simplified SEO. Thank you to our generous sponsor, Simplified SEO Consulting. Do you have a beautiful website that just doesn’t rank very well on Google?  Simplified SEO Consulting can help!  Jessica Tappana, LCSW and a team of SEO Specialists focus exclusively on helping mental health professionals improve their website rankings on Google so you can get in front of more clients!  Jessica’s team goes in depth to edit your website in a way search engines will respond to, while also encouraging you to maintain your own voice and branding. Simplified SEO Consulting offers both SEO training for motivated practice owners who want to learn to manage their own SEO as well as "done for you" services for therapists who are too busy and are ready to hire someone to invest the time into getting their website ranking. Simplified SEO Consulting is offering a FREE 7-day SEO e-mail series to help you learn the basic components that can help you get your website to the top of search engines!  If you're interested in learning more about search engine optimization, you can head over to www.simplifiedseoconsulting.com/moderntherapist to sign up!   Resources mentioned: We’ve pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links. Dr. Ben Caldwell, LMFT Caroline Wiita Amoret Kaufman LMFT Very Bad Therapy Podcast Scott Miller’s work Sage Mendez-McLeish, MA   Relevant Episodes: Ben Caldwell’s episode: The Fight to Save Psychotherapy   Connect with us! Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapists Group   Our consultation services: The Fifty-Minute Hour   Who we are: Curt Widhalm is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in the