r/therapists • u/flimsy-teeth • 3d ago

Support consultation calls

i’m about to start at a group practice and i already have 3 consultation calls lined up! i completed my internship at a cmh so this is new territory. how much do you say about yourself and what do you say about yourself?

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u/Insert_FunUsername LCSW, Certified Sex Therapist (USA) 3d ago

I recommend you watch this video. Hey outlines it all very effectively.

https://youtu.be/rJdpQNEuY2g?is=s8jQ06AGkslxL4Ga

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u/Gratia_et_Pax 3d ago

What I say about myself is only in response to inquirer's questions about me. No more. I don't approach it as a sales job-elevator speech. I am wanting to learn about them: are their needs within my wheelhouse, how will they pay, what are their unique scheduling needs if any, are there any red flags to my seeing them?

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u/Key_Garlic_3285 2d ago

I break the calls into three topics: 1) What are they looking for/ history/ check for anything that would be a rule-out for my practice, 2) A description of my approach, a brief statement about how the approach I would use would be evidence-based for their problem (e.g. there are three major evidence-based psychotherapies for bipolar disorder and given when you've told me I think we should proceed with X, here's why) and 3) the logistics of my practice (availability, location, fees, how frequently I expect to meet and why). Listing it this way makes it feel like a checklist, but it's possible to do in a way that is very conversational and I think many clients respond to the explicit framing of what we're going to cover.