Between Sessions with Berries
You’re the one everyone turns to for support. But who supports you?
From endless documentation and emotional exhaustion to keeping up with clinical demands, mental health professionals are facing burnout like never before. You’ve tried better systems, stricter boundaries, even thought about leaving, but it still feels overwhelming.
That’s why Berries, your AI assistant built for clinicians, created In Between Sessions, a podcast made to help you do more of what matters: caring for your clients and caring for yourself.
Each week, we feature candid interviews with therapists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and mental health innovators who share what’s working in the real world, not just what looks good on paper. You’ll hear practical strategies for documentation, conversations about burnout and balance, and ways AI can support your workflow without replacing your clinical voice.
Hosted by Kym Tolson, clinical consultant and longtime therapist, this show is brought to you by Berries to help clinicians like you thrive in today’s mental health landscape.
Ready for less overwhelm and more clarity in your week? Hit follow and join us each Wednesday for Between Sessions, your weekly dose of support, strategy, and solidarity from the front lines of mental health care.
Curious about how Berries can help you? Try it for free with 20 sessions on us! See firsthand how our AI assistant can help you streamline your notes and reclaim more time for what you love. Get started at https://heyberries.com
Episodes
47 episodes
Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: You Are Not Responsible for the Outcome | 14 min
Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation created specifically for therapists and mental health professionals who may sometimes feel responsible for the outcomes of their clients' healing. Through breath awareness, mindfulness, and guided imagin...
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14:27
Why Therapists Stay Stuck in the Cycle of Overworking with Nicole Liloia
Feeling stuck in the cycle of overworking, under-earning, and wondering if there’s a better way to run your therapy practice? Many mental health professionals hit a point where burnout feels inevitable, especially when traditional models don’t ...
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Episode 41
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38:22
Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: When Empathy Feels Heavy | 12 min
Join Julie Grace for this guided Berries meditation designed for therapists navigating the emotional weight that empathy can carry. Through a gentle body scan, breath awareness, and grounding visualization, this practice helps you identify wher...
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12:12
The Mindset Shifts Therapists Need to Succeed in Private Practice with Nancy Cowden
Thinking about starting a private practice but feeling stuck in fear or uncertainty? Many mental health professionals dream of working independently, yet worry about finding clients, setting the right fees, or marketing themselves without feeli...
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Episode 40
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28:06
Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Holding Pain Without Carrying It Home | 10 min
Join Julie Grace for this guided meditation created specifically for therapists and helping professionals. In your work, you may be carrying more than you realize - echoes of sessions, the weight of responsibility, and care that continues even ...
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10:34
How AI Supports Social Workers and Private Practice with Porter Charles
Burnout, documentation overload, and administrative complexity are stretching mental health professionals thin across hospital systems and private practice. The pressure to stay clinically present while managing endless forms, letters, and insu...
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Episode 39
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31:22
Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Arriving Fully to This Moment | 10 min
Join Julie Grace for a calming 10-minute guided meditation designed to help mental health professionals arrive fully into the present moment. This grounding practice invites you to step away from your role as space-holder and simply be with you...
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9:53
How to Simplify Therapy Notes with Maelisa McCaffrey
If documentation feels like the dishes and laundry of your clinical work, you’re not alone. Many mental health professionals were never properly trained in progress notes, treatment plans, or documentation standards, yet we’re expected to “just...
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Episode 38
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37:38
Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Clearing the Previous Session | 5 min
Join Julie Grace for a gentle 5-minute guided meditation created specifically for mental health professionals between client sessions. In your demanding work, it's natural for traces of previous sessions to linger, this practice offers you a co...
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5:44
Becoming a Better Clinical Supervisor with Amy Smitke
Burnout is not just about client hours and documentation. For many mental health professionals, it starts in supervision. When supervision becomes administrative box-checking instead of real professional development, growth stalls and resentmen...
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Episode 37
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39:20
From Burnout to Six Figures with Denielle Rigoglioso
What happens when your dream job slowly turns into the very thing burning you out? For many mental health professionals, the answer is quiet exhaustion, creeping resentment, and a body that starts sending warning signs you cannot ignore....
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Episode 36
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31:17
Training the Next Generation of Mental Health Professionals with Sindee Gozansky
If you are feeling pulled to mentor, supervise, or support newer clinicians but unsure where to start, this episode is for you. Many mental health professionals feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of supervision, worried about time, liabilit...
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Episode 35
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36:40
Stop Doing Everything Yourself and Scale Smarter with Adam Robin
If you are exhausted from wearing every hat in your practice and telling yourself it is just easier to do it all alone, this episode is for you. Many mental health professionals hit a wall where working harder no longer leads to growth, freedom...
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Episode 34
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33:08
Simple SEO Strategies for Mental Health Professionals with Alyssa Corso
If your website exists but clients still cannot find you, SEO may feel confusing, overwhelming, or like something only big companies can afford, then this is for you. Many mental health professionals assume getting found online requires ads, ex...
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Episode 33
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32:52
Healing Trauma Beyond Talk Therapy with Janet Bayramyan
Many mental health professionals are taught that talking through trauma is the path to healing, yet in practice, it often leaves clients feeling stuck, dysregulated, or retraumatized. If you have ever felt limited by talk therapy alone or unsur...
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Episode 32
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39:23
High Performance Psychology and Concierge Care with Dr. Jani Urmi
High-performing clients often look successful on the outside while quietly struggling with stress, sleep issues, and burnout. Many mental health professionals are curious about working with this population but are unsure what the work actually ...
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Episode 31
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26:54
Scaling Beyond the Therapy Room with Anim Aweh
Feeling boxed in by one-to-one work or already burned out by the pace of community mental health? This episode is for mental health professionals who know they have more to offer but are not sure how to scale their skills without leaving the fi...
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Episode 30
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25:47
How to Build an AI-Powered Intake Process with Uriah Guilford
Missed calls, slow follow-ups, and constant intake interruptions can quietly drain time and energy in private practice. For many mental health professionals, the intake process becomes a daily source of stress that pulls focus away from clinica...
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Episode 29
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30:08
Stop Letting Your Practice Run You with Brie Chrisman
Running a private practice is supposed to offer freedom, not constant overwhelm. But if you're wearing every hat (clinician, admin, marketer, manager), it’s easy to feel like your business is running you. In this episode, operations expert Brie...
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Episode 28
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35:35
Can Therapy Careers Be Designed Differently? with Krysteena Wilson
Many mental health professionals wonder if the traditional therapy career path is the only one available. In this conversation, Krysteena Wilson shares how she nearly left the field after years of low pay, exhaustion, and unclear direction, the...
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Episode 27
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26:13
How AI Is Reshaping SEO for Mental Health Professionals with Chris Morin
If you’ve been relying on traditional SEO advice to grow your practice, you may already be feeling the shift. With AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity changing how people search, mental health professionals are suddenly navigating...
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Episode 26
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28:31
Building Clinical Confidence and Avoiding Burnout with Lindsay Hill
Many psychiatric nurse practitioners enter the field feeling unprepared, overextended, and unsure how to build a sustainable career in mental health care. In this episode, Dr. Lindsay Hill talks about the challenges new and transitioning psych ...
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Episode 25
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32:39
Understanding Chronic Illness in Therapy with Christina Kantzavelos
Many mental health professionals meet clients with chronic illness but feel unsure how to fully understand the medical trauma, brain fog, fatigue, and identity loss these clients navigate daily. In this conversation, Kym and licensed psychother...
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Episode 24
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27:03
Building an AI-Aligned Therapy Business with Stephanie Thrower
AI is transforming how mental health professionals work, but it’s also creating new layers of uncertainty. For many therapists, it feels confusing at best and ethically risky at worst. Yet, when used with intention, it can actually help you fee...
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Episode 23
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31:11
Rethinking Therapy Models for Neurodivergent Clients with Lucy Orton
If you’ve ever felt boxed in by the traditional 50-minute therapy model, this episode will expand your view of what’s possible. Therapist and coach Lucy Orton joins Kym to share how she built a global, intentionally spacious practice that serve...
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Episode 22
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33:59