Want to Be a Mental Health Worker? Realities of the Front Lines
Think working in mental health is just sitting and listening? The reality is a chaotic, high volume front line where workers face severe psychological crises every single day. In this episode, our host sits down with the author of “So You Want To Work in Mental Health?: The Good, the Bad, and the Unforgettable,” Cliffard Mayo, MBA, LAC, to pull back the curtain on what really happens behind closed doors for many mental health workers.
Listeners will learn:
Mental health workers are trained not to internalize a client's failures, and therefore often refuse to take credit for their successes…
The skinny
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