CMH Independent Rant
I love community mental health. But I hate CCBHC’s.
I’m independently licensed and I love working with interns and other supervisees so I willingly give over my therapy hours to support, teach, and supervise.
But 8 hours of my 40 is overseeing treatment planning. Only an independent therapist can sign off and have to be in the room. I’m in rooms with the client and their therapist and most of the time- I’m just there to sign the paper.
I know I’m going to do this for two more years, I want to get my current supervisees to their independent and intern to graduation. After that, I don’t know. But PP is almost impossible because of the insurance aspect, I cover my family. If after two years I hate it, I’ll probably leave the field. I love watching the lights come on for a client- it’s why I do this, not to sit in a room so a box can be checked.