51. Therapists Deserve to Be Compensated Well (+ Red Flag Employers)

This week we have the incredible Megan Cornish, LICSW joining us to discuss "red flags" and "green flags" for clinicians to watch out for in mental health companies and how therapists can advocate for themselves to get the pay that they deserve. Too often we hear about graduate or doctoral level clinicians with crushing student debt and barely making ends meet, and we believe this should NOT be the case. Megan Cornish is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in combining strategic communication and marketing skills with no-concession clinical messaging precision. She is passionate about marketing, mental health, and advocating for a more ethical mental health field for everyone (plus we're just really big fans of hers). More about Megan here: https://megancornish.com/ Therapist Thrival Guide is a video-podcast by Ellie Mental Health. The intention is to move therapists beyond surviving and into the realm of THRIVING by covering all the things that graduate school didn't teach you! This mental health podcast is hosted by Miranda Barker, MSW, LICSW and rotating co-hosts from the Ellie Therapist network. Each episode features a therapist at Ellie speaking to their areas of expertise, clinical interests, and personal experiences of being a therapist. This podcast covers topics like burn-out, self of therapist, cultural considerations, client retention, session structure, advancing clinical skills, innovations in therapy, and balancing professional relationships with our personal lives. Every now and then, we'll even cover the happenings of how therapists are portrayed in pop culture. Miranda Barker, MSW, LICSW, has been practicing as a therapist for two years. She previously worked as a child protection investigator, adoption social worker, and case manager. She's new to the therapy game and loves soaking up all of the knowledge from the expert therapists in her life. She's the Executive Producer at Ellie Mental Health's in-house creative agency and believes that creativity is an important aspect of mental health care. Therapist THRIVAL Guide is one of many creative productions from ⁠Ellie Mental Health⁠. Ellie is a national mental health brand organized around community-based outpatient mental health clinics. It all began with a single office in St. Paul, Minnesota back in 2015, and since then has expanded to over 24 clinics in Minnesota and an explosive number of locations nationwide after franchising our model in 2021. Ellie will be opening over 500 locations in communities nationwide with new clinics opening each week. #therapy #mentalhealth #suicideprevention