This week's conversation dives into a long-standing issue in the mental health field: the gap between clinical training and real-world practice. Host Sivie Suckerman, MA, LMHC, ACS is joined by clinician and academic Janice Murphy Rising, Ph.D., LMHC, CMHS to unpack why so many graduate programs leave students unprepared for the practical demands of private practice. They discuss counseling education’s leadership gaps, the value of soft-skill development, and systemic support for emerging clinicians.

Janys M. Murphy Rising (she/they) is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Olympia, Washington with two decades of experience. Her counseling modalities include Psychodynamic Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and trauma informed approaches (EMDR and LI). She is a certified Enneagram teacher and uses their knowledge of The Enneagram to help people understand their wholeness, their deepest motivations, and their soul level resources. She taught yoga for over a decade and is a certified yoga therapist which provides a foundational mindfulness lens to both her teaching and therapy. Her credentials include a Doctorate in Counselor Education (Ph.D.), a Mental Health Counselor License, (LMHC), and Child Mental Health Specialist (CMHS). Janys is also a qualified Clinical Supervisor of post-masters’ candidates in pursuit of licensing. They have over a decade of experience teaching graduate level counselors. Janys has extensive experience with adolescent transitions, developmental trauma, substance use, eating disorders—including binge eating (informed by intuitive eating and an anti-diet approach). Neurodivergent clients, and folks navigating perimenopause and menopause transitions are her current primary clinical focus.
www.janysmurphyrising.com
Janys has her own podcast where she explores common myths about going to therapy, knowing and caring for therapists in your life, and practices that help people to heal.

https://ohmygodimatherapist.buzzsprout.com/

This episode was produced and edited by Mckenna Paddock, MA, LMHCA, ATR-P.