Hiatus Replay - WTF Grad School Didn't Teach Us
Part 1 with guest, Jennifer King
Orginally aired: 10/31/2023
Grad school for a lot of us is the pinnacle of our education. It's supposed to prepare us for the careers we've chosen to enter.
Basics? Check!
More complicated information and experiences?
*insert cricket sounds*
Jennifer Bengston, tLMHC, is my colleague, and she has *thoughts* on her experiences as I do, too. This is another perspective of a professional therapist that had so many questions than the grad school experience failed to provide answers.
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More info about Jennifer:
Jennifer is a Temporary Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in the state of Iowa. Jennifer’s career began in acute inpatient psychiatric care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She continued her crisis care at St Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids through her journey in graduate school. During this time, Jennifer practiced as a Recreation Therapist and later received her Masters Degree at Northwestern University to become a practicing clinician. Jennifer provides individual therapy services for adults who have experienced trauma, body image concerns, relationship difficulties, and men’s mental health. Her passion is to spread awareness of trauma and the impact it has on each and every one of us. She believes the best therapeutic relationships start with comfortability and humor. Jennifer is the owner of Soothe Your Soul Therapy, PLLC and is a collective member of The MAD Therapy.
Website: Sootheyoursoul.my.Canva.site/
TikTok: comfycozytherapist
Instagram: sootheyoursoultherapy

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Susan Roggendorf is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Iowa. In addition to hosting and producing her podcast, she's a volunteer mentor and a supervisor to new therapists, as well as running a private practice as an independent provider full-time. A National Certified Counselor through the NBCC as well as an Emergency Responder & Public Safety Certified Clinician through NERPSC. Main populations Susan works with are folx living with anxiety and trauma experiences in the LGBTQIA community as well as First Responders, Law Enforcement, hospital staff, urgent care and Emergency Department personnel. When she's not busy with all those things, as a GenX elder, she's usually busy annoying her adult children with 70's and 80's pop culture references and music or she's busy in her garden.