How to Handle Being Short Staffed at Work: Top 5 Tips -Wellness While You Work E.1

I have 5 tips to help you handle being short staffed at work. As a Holistic Mental Health Therapist, I realize a majority of my clients have felt or currently feel like they work in a setting that is stressful and understaffed. Some of my clients have the experience of being a “Jill of many trades” self-employed entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs often need to get more jobs done to maintain their business development and company growth.  Being short staffed does not happen for long in either style of work but being understaffed can really take it’s energetic toll after a short while. Being in a short-staffed environment can cause burn out over time. Use the 5 tips below to cope with being understaffed as an employee, manager, supervisor, and as an entrepreneur.

If You’re Feeling Understaffed, Remember

Being understaffed is likely temporary:

This is a temporary destination. Remind yourself that this is something that can and will improve over time. Remember that being overstaffed may be uncomfortable and challenging but will not be indefinite.

Focus on your priorities:

There is only so much energy to go around. Now is the time to have a very clear idea of where you need to focus your work efforts because some parts of your work may have to be placed on hold or dropped completely to realistically move forward. Hone in on your priorities and collaborate with anyone at work or in your life who may be able to support you and your essential goals.

Get into a solid self-care daily routine:

It’s really important to have a routine self-care practice when there’s more work to get done and not enough people to do the work. With daily self-care, your approach to work will be in better health. You will do the work better from a place of rest instead of feeling charged from chaos and overwhelm.

Avoid all of the negative energy sucks:

Yes, my friend, this can include people, comforting junk food, and draining conversations with stressful co-workers, employees, and co-space peers. Be strategic about how you interact with the people who feel energetically draining. Also avoid draining solo activities including gossiping, listening to gossip, talking about co-workers, talking about co-space peers, social media scrolling for extended amounts of time. If you must use social media, try to limit the amount of time spent scrolling to no more than 5 minutes a day. Instead; go outside, go get fresh air, drink water. You can go for a walk indoors or outdoors. Or Meditate for 1 minute! I have a free Quiet Room Meditation in case you want to start right now!

Remember To Practice Gratitude to Reframe:

On one hand, being understaffed is hard and not what you would choose for yourself. On the other hand, you are learning new skills and helping to business move forward. You are also (hopefully) getting support for life sustainment from your income. Money by no means equates to happiness, but money can be helpful to remember your efforts at work are helping you to have some of the things you do appreciate. Things like shelter, reliable access to transportation, access to nourishing food, clothing, or running water, and electricity. And finally, it’s possible and an opportunity to remember you are in charge of the decision to not go to work or to go work every day. Be the consequences good or bad, you ultimately are making the decision or non-decision. The choice is yours to choose.

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How To Stop a Panic Attack With 4 Simple Tips! Ripped From Real Life : Ask a Therapist

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Welcome to episode number 1 of the “Ripped From Real Life” Ask A Therapist Series where I share a general emotional issue that I have helped my clients address in a live therapy session.

Recently, I had three client’s in one week report having an experience with panic attacks and having difficulty reducing the impact of the panic attack or knowing the best coping tools to reduce anxiety. I thought it may help to share some general suggestions to use so that if you are experiencing a panic attack you can start the work of reducing the duration and or to also reduce the intensity of the attack.

Practice Deep Breathing:

The best way to practice deep breathing is to breath deeply as often as possible. It’s a great practice of defaulting to deep breathing as a regular and daily practice. So regardless to what your doing (unless it’s high intensity exercising) you are regularly practicing taking deep breaths throughout your day not only when you feel stress, anxiety or a potential panic attack coming up.

A best way to practice deep breathing to use the belly breathing method. This is where you will inhale through your nose, allowing air to fill your lungs and to descend down into the base of your stomach. Then exhale the air back out from the base of your stomach, then the air should next travel through your chest and out of your mouth or nose.

Practice Routine Body Work:

Stress is not just held in the mind but also held in the body. You will reduce panic attacks from regular practices to release stress on your body. To reduce panic attack episodes and how long the panic attack will last; practice regular body work to allow your body to release the compound tension and stress you may have relating to your panic attacks. Some body work methods include Emotional Freedom Technique, Acupuncture, Yoga, Massage Therapy, Stretching, dancing, exercise, Tai Chi, Swimming, taking soothing baths and Reiki.

Start Practicing Cognitive Based Therapy

Cognitive Based Therapy is a great tool that allows for review of the emotional trigger causing the panic attack to be linked to the thoughts and fears that happen as a result of the trigger. The isolated thoughts can then be linked to the behaviors that pair with the fearful thoughts that lead to a potential panic attack. From here, you can start to re-develop alternative thoughts and coping strategies when you experience a triggering event. See the diagram below to better see how the Cognitive Behavioral Cycle may look in action.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: How The Cycle Works

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple

Talk with a Therapist to Get Custom Support

For some, talking with a therapist can be a tool of changing how panic attacks feel and how to create a customized approach to self care. Working with a therapist can also help you share your experience and get a safe place to address your experience and create a plan for coping practice with follow up. I have worked with many clients who experience panic attacks and one advantage that happens from therapy is continued practice, accountability and resolving any areas where clients may get stuck or feel limited progress.

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Is Online Therapy Affordable? How Much Does it Cost? Can I Afford it?

Hey Friend, I know; Your current question is: “is online therapy affordable?”.

This is the question that comes after learning Online Mental Health Therapy exists, that it’s a real thing, and that people love it and use it. Being that there are several popular online therapy resources that exist currently, there is also a benefit of being able to do some comparison shopping before choosing your Therapist! Yas!

Before we look into affordability, we really must consider how to select your therapist. If you have past therapy experience, you may already know your current therapy needs and preferences based on what you liked and did not like about your previous therapy work and therapy support provider. If you haven’t yet experienced therapy, it may be hard to know exactly what communication style will work best for you; therapeutically speaking.

Good Online Therapy, The Other Side

The other side of searching for a good online therapist includes being clear on what your therapy needs are and determining if the online therapist you’re interested in working with has the not only the skillset to help to you work on your emotional health goal, but also the style of communication that gives you the space to utilize 100% of your session for your emotional needs.

Communication Style is Critical

As you know (or maybe you don’t know) , I’m a Licensed Therapist based in California and I would describe my communication style and warm, relational, direct, practical, and with context based humor. So, the clients that work best with me will appreciate therapy in a way that feels warm, relatable, practical, and clear.

Ultimately, each Therapist has a unique personality and communication style. It’s helpful to speak with a Therapist you are considering working with before you book any therapy sessions. Some therapist’s offer phone consultations so you have a chance before working together to discuss your emotional health goal and to determine if the therapist’s style will work for you.

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Remember, Specialty is Important

Additionally, every Therapist has a different expertise and specialty, so it’s important to know your emotional health goal. Your goal will align with certain specialty methods of therapy. For example PTSD pairs well with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Focused Cognitive Based Therapy. Depression goes well with Talk Therapy/ Motivational Interviewing and goal setting. Anxiety Therapy goes nicely with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness. In order to determine which style of therapy will work for you, it’s important to know where you would like to focus your therapy treatment based on your symptoms and mental health diagnostic information.

Cost Matters Too- Insurance and Private-Pay

Okay back to “is Online Therapy affordable?”. The short answer is yes, and there are several different methods to consider. But let’s first address insurance. Some online providers may accept insurance and other’s will only accept private-pay (self-pay) clients. Most Therapists who accept private-pay will provide an invoice for your sessions that can be sent to your insurance company or employer for reimbursement depending on the insurance and your employer.

Who’s Offering Online Therapy?

There’s big name online therapy providers (Talk Space and Better Help), independent and private online therapy providers, and online coaches who are not licensed for therapy but may offer life coaching for mental health disorders. Let’s look at this more closely.

The Big Name Online Therapy Providers: The two big online therapy providers are Talk Space and Better Help. Each program offers different service plans and therapy options.

Talk Space Starting Cost: 260$ monthly

Better Help Starting Cost: 40-70$ per week

The Independent private online Therapy Providers: I’m an Online Therapist and from the client’s I work with, I’ve found most of my client’s want the option of a 1-hour session or a 30 minute session.

Brandi Jackson Wellness Starting Cost: 55$ for 30 Minutes and 110.00 $ for an Hour session

“Mental Health” Coaches: I have to be honest here, I do believe some people who are trained in therapeutic modalities may be excellent for lifestyle coaching but I would not encourage you to work with a MH Coach without having a MH Therapist to support your emotional health work to avoid any “blind spots” in your healing journey.

There is no screening or regulations for mental health coaches, which means it’s important to do your research!

Below, I listed a mental health coach who I think is the real deal.

The Anxiety Guy starting Rates: 220.00$ per hour

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Does Online Therapy Actually Work? Can Mental Health Counseling Online Help?

Hi Friend, Are you curious if Online Therapy actually works? This is a great question to consider. Most people reading this, will likely find the article when the concept of “online therapy” feels new; but in all honesty online therapy has been in practice for over 24 years ago back in 1995. This time in history also aligns nicely with the general first wave of “the internet” becoming more mainstream.

The Question:

So let’s talk more about the question “does online therapy actually work”? In order to answer the question it’s a good idea to be clear about what the term and characteristics of what “working” will include.

What Counts as a Therapy Session Actually Working:

For online therapy (or in-person therapy) to work, a client will expect certain things to be in place during and after the session. The basic expectations include:

-The session to be on time.

-The Therapist to be present and focused.

-The Therapist to be in a quiet location.

-Ease of connection via phone or video conference

-To learn tools and coping skills to reduce unwanted symptoms

-To get a chance to talk about the issue that is creating the unwanted symptoms

-To feel safe and respected in the session

-To gain education and insight for any symptoms or possible diagnostics for the clients mental health

Online Therapy and Client Expectations

Now that we have established the basic expectations that clients expect in a therapy session, let’s apply the expectations to the different methods of online therapy to see how they can work together.

Online therapy has two primary ways that sessions will be conducted. One method is over the phone, this is normally called telephonic therapy but is also under the umbrella of online therapy. The other style of online therapy is secure video conferencing. This method is similar to Skype and Zoom video conferencing.

The Reason Client’s Love Online Therapy

If we refer back to our previous list of client expectations above, it should be easy to see that all of the client expectations would be met just-the-same via phone or video conference. And furthermore, it may be a more convenient to:

-Have access to therapy support from home or wherever the client is

-To avoid travel time to and from sessions

-To not have to wait in the waiting room with strangers

-Have access for affordable sessions

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Can Online Therapy Help?

The answer is yes! Of course there is still a time and a place for in-person therapy sessions for anyone who prefers to go to an in-person session. The online therapy model will work better with clients based on the level of symptom intensity the client feels and it will also be important to account for client’s who experience psychosis. For client’s experiencing intense psychosis in-person therapy may be best.

Does Online Therapy Work?

Yes, it does work. It’s important to understand that therapy is a tool that helps client’s reduce unwanted mental health symptoms but it’s still the client “driving”the treatment “car”. The client and the therapist will work together to support the client to have emotional clarity and psychoeducation in session. Clarity and psychoeducation helps client’s understand the issue they would like to improve better. The online therapy session will also include recommendations and suggestions for client’s to practice after the session is over. Online therapy works, yes. But, online therapy works best when the client feels ready and safe to work on resolving the emotional goal, is open to suggestion and therapeutic recommendations, and is willing to make time to practice the recommended coping tools.

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What is Online Therapy and Counseling? How Does it Even Work?

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You may be curious to find out more about online therapy and counseling. For starters, you may wish to know “what is online therapy” anyway? How does online therapy even work? To be a help, I’m going to share all about what online therapy is, and also what online therapy isn’t. I also think it’s important to share who is appropriate to provide online therapy sessions with clients and the legal rules that determine who is considered as an approved Online Therapist provider to work with. Shall we get started.

Online Therapy Is:

Online therapy is very similar to in-person therapy. Online therapy will consist of a client generated mental health goal and a trained therapist supporting the goal in online therapy sessions over time. The online model of therapy may include a phone session where the therapist and client complete a session by phone for a standard therapy session. This may be great if anxiety, shame, or judgement feel like a barrier to getting support for emotional health issues. Talking on the phone with a therapist may be calmer option to begin online therapy support.

Another model of online therapy may include Skype or zoom video conferences for online therapy sessions. This method is great because the client can see the therapist and the therapist can see the client, which helps to keep sessions present in the same manner as an in-person therapy session.

You may consider online therapy supplemental support options of secure emails and text messages. As a Licensed Therapist, I recommend phone and video conferencing for online therapy support sessions in order to get the best outcomes for your emotional health goals.

Online Therapy Isn’t:

-Ineffective compared to in-person therapy

-Unstructured chatting on the phone

-Being exhausted from difficult online/ IT connection problems

-Dealing with disconnected out of touch therapy

Who is an Appropriate Online Therapy Provider?

Online Therapy must be provided via someone who is licensed via your state to practice therapy independently. Each licensed therapist is registered with the state as a licensed provider. A wellness coach may not offer therapy services. A health coach may not offer therapy services. A hypnotherapist may not offer therapy services, etc. Only a state licensed therapist may offer online or in-person therapy services. However, sometimes mental health associates or mental health trainees will offer therapy services and sessions with the regular supervision of a licensed therapist.

Legal Rules For Online “Therapists”:

No biggie here but, if you work with online therapist they must be practicing in the same state that you live in for the services to be appropriately considered “therapy”. Being that I’m an Online Therapist based in California, I can only provide online therapy services to people who live in California. I may however provide Wellness Coaching Services nationally and Internationally without consequence.

My preference is to provide a combination of therapy and wellness coaching simultaneously in my online therapy sessions because it gives my client’s practical methods to apply what they are learning from the therapy work that is taking place.

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Ready For Online Therapy? How to Know if Therapy Will Be Effective Before Paying

Ready For Online Therapy?

Hi Friend, today we are talking about the 4 basic signs of readiness that will determine if you’re ready for Online Mental Health Therapy support. As a Licensed Therapist, I have worked with many clients and the signs listed below are the primary markers of readiness and success. Recently, I have been receiving more therapy inquiries from potential clients at different stages of readiness. I thought this post may be helpful for anyone who is interested in online mental health therapy to have tools to self-assess therapy readiness.

4 Signs Of Readiness for an Online Therapy Session:

1. You Know Your Goal for Online Therapy: Before you decide to start therapy, think about what your goal will be while attending online therapy. Do you want to decrease depression symptoms? Decrease anxiety symptoms? Do you want to improve communication with your partner? Do you want to work on finding yourself? Do you want to decrease your stress symptoms? Online therapy and traditional therapy is about understanding and clarifying best practices to address your custom emotional health goals. Think about what you hope to see improved from the time spent in therapy sessions. In an initial session, you may also describe your current circumstances to work with your Therapist to clarify your custom therapy goal with your Therapist’s support.

2. You Are Ready For Change: This is important! A way to understand “readiness for change” is to think about if the issue you want to resolve in online therapy were to be completely resolved in the course of your online sessions and practice; would you feel happy? Would you feel successful? Would your custom emotional goal be met?

3. You Are Ready To Practice The Homework: In a good online therapy session you will be provided suggestions and recommendations to resolve your emotional health goal. Are you prepared to practice the suggestions and recommendations that your Therapist shares with you? Of course it’s always reasonable to share any concerns or to simply refuse to do any recommendation that does not feel “safe” or “appropriate” but if you are working closely with a good therapist, they will be recommending safe and proven evidence based therapy best practices for emotional recovery based on your needs.

4. Your Ready to Make Time: If your considering investing in therapy, please consider making time to attend your sessions in a consistent manner so that your emotional health goal is continuing to improve. You may consider attending sessions weekly, or bi-weekly if you need more intensive support. For other’s you may consider monthly, quarterly (every 3 or 4 months), semi-annual (every 6 months), or annual (once a year) sessions for emotional support and maintenance. You can work with your therapist, your schedule, and consider the intensity of your goal to determine the right amount of time to commit to online therapy sessions based on your custom goal.

The Phases of Readiness:

I created a handy Goal Phases Guide to help you determine the key stages of readiness for changing behavior patterns. Use this guide as a tool to self assess your readiness for online Mental Health Therapy. This guide includes a Beginner Process and awareness of a developing goal.

The second stage is the Intermediate Process where you become certain that the goal is important and will be something to work on.

The third stage is the Advanced Process of working holistically on the goal, being more attuned to practice and opportunities to gain momentum for the goal.

Each phase may look different for different people and there is no good or bad phase of change as all three phases are important. In addition, it’s critical to know that all 3 stages may occur for different spans of time and that repeating any stage more than 1x or cycle is completely natural and normal.

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What to Expect During a (Good) Online Therapy Session - Ask a Therapist

Considering Online Therapy?

Hi Friend, today we are talking about the 6 basic processes you may expect during an online therapy session. I have worked with many clients and the basic processes listed below are the primary activities that happen in most of the sessions I have provided. Recently, I have been working with new clients who haven’t had therapy before so, I thought this post may be helpful to reference a first or initial online therapy session as well.

What to Expect in an Online Therapy Session:

1. 1:1 Time with Therapist: During the session it is your time to speak with the Therapist about your goal of treatment. It’s ideal that you be in a quiet or low traffic space for sessions to avoid distractions from the session. The therapist ideally is in a quiet location with no distracting noises, foot traffic, or additional people during your session.

2. MH Assessment: During an initial and for follow up sessions as well, the online therapist should be able to ask how your mood and symptoms are improving, staying the same, or getting worse. This helps the conversation to return to the larger goal of treatment in every session. In some cases the therapist may create a formal mental health assessment to help organize strengths, opportunities for treatment and diagnostic information.

3. Discussion: The therapist should help to create a safe space for the client to talk about the way the client experiences their symptoms, symptom management, symptom progress, fear, and positive gains. The therapist should also be mindful of any risk for client safety risks. All licensed therapists are mandatory reporters meaning any risk of abuse to harm others or to harm one’s self requires reporting via the therapist.

4. Clarification of Issue (Psychoeducation): A good online therapist will practice clarification of the client’s issue and psychoeducation when appropriate.

5. Therapeutic Recommendations and Suggestions: Your work with a online Therapist will likely include recommendations and suggestions for helpful therapeutic coping practices to consider.

6. Goal setting and home practice: At the end of the session it may be ideal that the Therapist clarify the therapeutic recommendations for the client to select which methods will be put in practice after the session concludes and prior to follow up.

Online Therapy Method Options:

Phone: The Therapist may call the client for telephonic therapy which is considered a form of online therapy.

Video Call (Skype or Zoom): The Therapist may schedule sessions via video conference with Skype or Zoom for face to face sessions online.

Email or Text: The Therapist may work with client via email or text if clients prefer to have session support made available via email or text support.

I included what to expect in an initial or follow up online therapy session. I hope this article is helpful for you and how you van approach starting therapy if you feel it will be helpful for your health and wellness. If your interested to work together, see the information below. There will information of how to book a free consultation, sign up for the Fit Life Newsletter and to follow weekly posts for wellness, nutrition, and fitness.

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