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Clinical Excellence: From Small Town to Therapist Intern — A Real Journey w/ Justin Walsh

📌 Guest: Justin Walsh 📍 Focus: Child therapy, rural mental health, and building a counseling career later in life 🔗 Connect with Justin Walsh Email: justin.walsh16@yahoo.com Socials: @thetallcounselor (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram) Facebook: Justin Walsh Justin Walsh, counseling intern is supervised by Catina Souder, M.Ed, LPC-S, License TX 68304 🎙️ In this episode of Private Practice Practically – Clinical Excellence Series, Rich sits down with Justin Walsh, a counseling intern based in a highly rural region of the Texas Panhandle, to explore what it looks like to enter the mental health field later in life and serve communities with limited access to care. Justin shares his journey of pursuing a career in counseling while balancing graduate school, fatherhood, and life in a town of just a few hundred people. Despite not initially planning to specialize in working with children, he has found himself naturally drawn to serving kids and adolescents—many of whom present with trauma, abuse, neglect, behavioral challenges, and emotional regulation difficulties. A major theme in this conversation is the importance of the therapeutic relationship. Justin emphasizes that rapport, trust, and safety are foundational to effective therapy, especially when working with children. He shares how he approaches building connection in early sessions and how that relationship ultimately determines whether therapy is a good fit. We also explore Justin’s developing clinical style, including his use of integrative approaches such as reality therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, person-centered therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. He offers a thoughtful perspective on balancing directive vs. non-directive approaches, particularly when working with younger clients and navigating both client needs and treatment goals. Another key part of the discussion focuses on measuring progress and knowing when to terminate therapy. Justin highlights the role of treatment goals while also acknowledging that termination is often overlooked in clinical work. The conversation touches on how therapists can be more intentional about endings, including meaningful “graduation” moments for clients. Justin also speaks directly to individuals who may feel hesitant about starting therapy, normalizing that hesitation through the Stages of Change model and offering encouragement to take that first step when ready. This episode offers a grounded and honest look at rural mental health care, working with children, and developing as a clinician, making it valuable for both therapists and those considering therapy for themselves or their families. 🧠 Key topics covered: -Entering the mental health field later in life -Providing therapy in rural and underserved communities -Working with children and adolescents in therapy -Trauma, abuse, and behavioral concerns in youth -The importance of rapport and therapeutic relationship -Integrative therapy approaches (CBT, person-centered, solution-focused, reality therapy) -Balancing directive vs. non-directive styles -How to measure progress in therapy -When and how to terminate therapy effectively -Normalizing hesitation to start therapy (Stages of Change model)