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Female child plays with toys in a play therapy room that was designed specifically for play therapy sessions using these guidelines and tips.

How to Create a Play Therapy Room

A play therapy room and a kid’s playroom may sound like they’re the same thing, however they’re actually quite different.  … Continued

A female therapist searches on her laptop for small therapy office design tips and small-space mental health therapist office ideas to help make her space feel larger

Small Therapy Office Design Ideas

For therapists practicing in tighter spaces, these small therapy office design tips can help make your office space feel larger.  … Continued

Two women therapists talk together about their mentorship relationship

Two Therapists Helping Each Other and Their Clients Find Strength

Nicole MacIntyre, MA, LMFT, graduated with her Master’s Degree during the COVID-19 pandemic in summer 2020, and, to this day, … Continued

Two women of color who are therapists sit on the couch together and discuss mentorship

Mentorship Inspired a Private Practice Where Women of Color Thrive

Associate clinical therapist Angelica “Angie” Curiel, ASW, and licensed psychotherapist Rose Junie Abito, LMFT, Founder of Rose Junie Therapy met … Continued

A collage of two hands, palms facing up. In each hand is a collage of a city skyline.

Why Therapists Are Getting Licensed in Multiple States

For therapists, getting licensed in multiple states used to be relatively uncommon. However, a number of social shifts helping to … Continued

Two therapists who are a mentor and mentee are looking at the computer.

How to Ask Another Therapist to Be Your Mentor

Navigating a career as a therapist can be rewarding and invigorating. But it can also be overwhelming and confusing.  Since … Continued

Nutritionists Mascha Davis and Jamie Mok sitting together and smiling thanks to their confidence and success.

Mentorship Inspired These Nutritionists to Help Others Step Into Their Careers

Although 77 percent of women practitioners who responded to SimplePractice’s February 2023 survey said that mentorship relationship is critical to … Continued

A female therapist discusses mentor questions with another female therapist

What to Talk About With Your Mentor or Mentee

As a health and wellness practitioner, a mentor relationship can help you build your practice, achieve your professional goals, and … Continued

Therapists Prerna Rao and Valeri Trezise standing in a well-lit room and smiling at each other.

Connecting Over Shared Identity Helped This Pair of Practitioners Grow Their Careers

According to 77 percent of women practitioners who responded to SimplePractice’s February 2023 survey, a mentorship relationship is critical to … Continued

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