MS18: Anti-Hustle Culture & Toxic Capitalism with the Therapists Next Door

Mental Status

About Today's Episode

In this episode, Meg talks with the co-hosts of the TND Podcast, Sarah and Johanna, about finding our way through the world of mental health without literally losing our health, our happiness, and even our lives. Sarah and Johanna talk about how burnout can lead to some really serious consequences for therapists that go far beyond their capacity to keep working with clients. They chat about how moving into private practice transformed their ability to say no more often, set boundaries that worked for them, and operate from a place of authenticity and comfy-coziness, rather than an inauthentic, cold, and clinical stance. We go all-in on anti-hustle culture and anti-toxic-capitalism, and talk about how we're not going to let others tell us what to do with our arms.

Content warning: this episode contains discussion of SI. Please listen at your own discretion & be gentle with yourselves as you do ❤

About Today's Guests

Johanna Dwinells is a licensed professional counselor and board certified music therapist working in Pennsylvania. She has worked with individuals and groups ranging in age from adolescents to older adults. She has extensive training in DBT, which helps in her treatment of individuals with anxiety in her private practice. She enjoys creating in various mediums, including yarn, card making and collages. She collects rocks and loves her dog, Pumpkin Pie. She also enjoys playing video games and yoga.

Sarah Bryski-Hamrick is a licensed professional counselor and owns a virtual private practice in Pennsylvania. She is certified in treating trauma and anxiety and is a board certified music therapist. Sarah works hard to make her practice anti-oppressive. She treats professional millennials from working class backgrounds. She is a radical intersectional feminist, proud millennial, happily partnered and a cat mom. She loves hiking, yoga, talking to people, off-beat comedy, and learning enough of a new language to order food and coffee wherever she travels. She is an HSP and an introvert who talks a lot.

TND Podcast: Licensed professional counselors Johanna Dwinells and Sarah Bryski-Hamrick are slowly demystifying and destigmatizing therapy, one episode at a time. Recording and living in the Philadelphia area, Johanna and Sarah work to make therapy feel more accessible, with quirky, sometimes intrusive questions that reveal the human side of healthcare professionals, all while they overcome their own anxieties and internalized stigmas.

Find them on Instagram @tndpod

Credits, links & other things:

• Intro & Outro Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
• Join the Patreon Community! www.patreon.com/mentalstatuspod
• Mental Status IG: @mentalstatuspod
• Talk to me: mentalstatuspod [at] gmail.com
• Apply to be a guest on this show: Interviewee Interest form
• Submit an anonymous burnout story: Lister-Submitted Story Form
• Support the show: ways to support

Disclaimer, y'all: This is a podcast meant for education and entertainment purposes only. I'm not your therapist. This podcast doesn't replace therapy or clinical supervision and isn't supposed to replace those things. If you need a therapist or supervisor, please find one. My opinions are my own and don't reflect the opinion(s) of my past/present/future employers.