On heavy days like Mondays and Wednesdays, when I'm typically booked back-to-back with little time in between sessions, I make it a priority to carve out at least 30 minutes for myself. During this time, I might grab a quick bite , go to restroom, or take a walk around the complex to recharge. On lighter days, when I have more flexibility, I like to relax by scrolling through social media and watching something that makes me laugh uncontrollably. Regardless of whether it’s a heavy day or a lighter day, I keep notes for the last 30 or so minutes at the end of the day, even if I’m completely done with everything else.
If I'm not trying to trap in the heat or the AC, I actually do open the door in gaps. My supervisor seems to also. We say hi to each other if our doors are open.
I would have tried to do notes lol sometimes but do emails and eat. Then get sucked into scrolling. And before I knew it I had my next client. I wonder also if you did another survey to also distinguish who works at a practice who owns their own practice and who’s in community mental health. Because I think the structure of what support somebody has within the business and also who’s setting up your schedule could dictate what you’re off time looks like. When I worked in a group or at a community mental health center, I was more likely to connect with people during my breaks. Working by myself I don’t. But I’ll also say that in either practice setting I also wanted to be left alone lol unless I needed a case consultation. When I rented a space for private practice, I found that other shared renters also didn’t really wanna talk and it was not because somebody didn’t like you. Everybody just wanted to kind of like sit in silence. Which I think is telling obviously of the work that we do. And the mentions of eating or a bathroom break I think lend itself to what somebody in our field would do on their breaks because you can’t do it any other time. Like my husband works a traditional 9 to 5 and he might have a 45 minute or an hour meeting once a day, but he can literally get up and use the bathroom whenever he wants. We can only go to the bathroom Not in session. I mean, I guess you technically could go to the bathroom in the middle of session, but I don’t think anybody would do that unless it’s an emergency lol
I would burn out within a month if I was trying to do sessions back-to-back all day. I avoid clinic work because I find I need to give myself at least half an hour between clients to ground and care for myself, never mind the admin work.
On heavy days like Mondays and Wednesdays, when I'm typically booked back-to-back with little time in between sessions, I make it a priority to carve out at least 30 minutes for myself. During this time, I might grab a quick bite , go to restroom, or take a walk around the complex to recharge. On lighter days, when I have more flexibility, I like to relax by scrolling through social media and watching something that makes me laugh uncontrollably. Regardless of whether it’s a heavy day or a lighter day, I keep notes for the last 30 or so minutes at the end of the day, even if I’m completely done with everything else.
If I'm not trying to trap in the heat or the AC, I actually do open the door in gaps. My supervisor seems to also. We say hi to each other if our doors are open.
I typically do notes, prepare for my next session, or watch TH-cam (if I need to unwind).
I would have tried to do notes lol sometimes but do emails and eat.
Then get sucked into scrolling. And before I knew it I had my next client.
I wonder also if you did another survey to also distinguish who works at a practice who owns their own practice and who’s in community mental health. Because I think the structure of what support somebody has within the business and also who’s setting up your schedule could dictate what you’re off time looks like.
When I worked in a group or at a community mental health center, I was more likely to connect with people during my breaks. Working by myself I don’t. But I’ll also say that in either practice setting I also wanted to be left alone lol unless I needed a case consultation. When I rented a space for private practice, I found that other shared renters also didn’t really wanna talk and it was not because somebody didn’t like you. Everybody just wanted to kind of like sit in silence.
Which I think is telling obviously of the work that we do. And the mentions of eating or a bathroom break I think lend itself to what somebody in our field would do on their breaks because you can’t do it any other time. Like my husband works a traditional 9 to 5 and he might have a 45 minute or an hour meeting once a day, but he can literally get up and use the bathroom whenever he wants. We can only go to the bathroom Not in session. I mean, I guess you technically could go to the bathroom in the middle of session, but I don’t think anybody would do that unless it’s an emergency lol
I would burn out within a month if I was trying to do sessions back-to-back all day. I avoid clinic work because I find I need to give myself at least half an hour between clients to ground and care for myself, never mind the admin work.