November/December 2023: Being a New Therapist: When Dreams and Challenges Collide

This issue looks at the challenges and opportunities facing new clinicians, including the sense of mission and fresh ideas they bring to their work, but also the sense of isolation and inadequacy many feel. Pieces include reflections on grappling with the knowledge that you can’t help every client, three things to remember before seeing your first client, and the distinct advantages of seeing an early-career therapist. Other pieces look at the therapeutic effects of death cafés, a therapeutic approach to empowering marginalized clients, rethinking the label of codependence, supporting clients who wish to reconnect with their spiritual faith, and an interview with trauma specialist Babette Rothschild.