The Organizing Therapist

The Organizing Therapist

by Jack Register
Season 1

Advocacy and activism in organizing efforts

This episode focuses on the difference between advocacy and activism and how we as therapist have to be mindful of the power that we have with our clients. This episode focuses on how do we create systems of change without making our clients more vulnerable or projecting issues of change onto our clients which is inappropriate. I share my perspectives as both the therapist and advocate and former lobbyist.

Turning Barriers into Action for Change

In this episode we discuss some of the major barriers we have as behavioral health providers to affect change in the policy process.

Policy making part 1

This episode focuses on how policy making directly affects us as providers and what we can do to engage in the policy making process. This is part one of a longer series.

Where do we get our authority to practice?

This episode focuses on how the statutory authority prctice happens and how we can affect the process as individual and then collective actors

Common Language

This episode is focusing on a common language for our efforts and advocacy within the behavioral health system. This podcast reviews the typical language around reimbursement and the processes within Private Practice as well as the difference between 1099 and W2 contract. This may be your review for more experienced practitioners and a primer for those who are still new to the field.

Expectations of the Organizing Experience

This episode goes into defining some key elements of the Organizing experience and what one can expect. The therapist notebook is a tool mentioned to help an everyday practitioner find the "common threads" in their practice.

Introduction

This is our introductory episode for the podcast. All views shared are mine alone.