If you’ve ever had a cringe supervisor, you know exactly how powerful great supervision can be. When it’s good, it’s energizing. It sharpens your clinical instincts, protects your clients, and keeps you in love with this work. In this conversation-turned-guide, Allison Puryear sits down with Ann Robinson to unpack what truly great supervision looks like—whether…

with Allison Puryear, LCSW (she/her) & Ann Robinson, LCSW Supervision can feel magical when it works—and miserable when it doesn’t. If you’ve ever had a “meh” supervisor, you know the difference. In this conversation, Ann Robinson and I dig into what makes supervision energizing, ethical, and actually useful. We talk feedback (the brave kind), structure…

When we think about pain, we often picture older adults dealing with aching joints or chronic illness. But here’s the truth: pain isn’t reserved for one stage of life. From infancy through late adulthood, pain is a universal human experience. In this Not Boring CEs conversation, I sat down with pediatric pain psychologist Emily Foxen-Craft,…

Infertility is one of those topics that many clients don’t expect to face—and many therapists don’t feel equipped to handle. But with one in five people of childbearing age now struggling with infertility, it’s something we’re going to see in our therapy rooms more and more often. I sat down with Allison Ramsey, LCMHC, a…

Social media has become an undeniable part of private practice marketing. But unlike wellness influencers or coaches, therapists are bound by a different set of ethical standards—and that can make the online world feel confusing, intimidating, or downright frustrating. In this conversation from Not Boring CEs, I sat down with art psychotherapist Amelia Knott, who’s…

What if perfectionism wasn’t about being “high achieving” at all—but about fear, shame, and the desperate desire to be loved? In this conversation on the Not Boring CEs podcast, I sat down with therapist Jenet Dove to unpack perfectionism through a clinical lens. We explored where it comes from, how it wreaks havoc in relationships,…

Ever had a client casually mention they’re afraid of stabbing their partner or harming a child—and you immediately wonder if you need to file a report? If you’re not trained in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), those moments can be panic-inducing. But for Beth Brawley, LPC, an expert in evidence-based treatment for OCD, these scenarios are far…

Featuring Beth Brawley, LPC on Not Boring CEs If you’re a therapist who’s ever sat across from a client nervously confessing, “I’m afraid I’ll hurt someone,” or “I can’t stop checking if I ran someone over,” and felt a wave of panic or confusion—this episode is for you. In this enlightening and candid conversation, Allison…

When most of us learned about OCD in grad school, it probably looked like excessive hand-washing or checking the stove over and over. But in the therapy room, what OCD actually looks like can be confusing, alarming, and easy to miss—especially if you aren’t trained in recognizing its many subtypes. In this episode of Not…

When you’re a therapist, your personal beliefs will inevitably show up in the room. That includes your thoughts, your biases, and yes—your relationship with faith. But how do you ethically and compassionately navigate religion in clinical work, especially when it feels like a minefield of judgment, trauma, and complex identities? In this episode of Not…