Between Sessions with Berries

Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Sleep After Holding Others | 13 min

Join Julie Grace for this 13-minute guided sleep meditation created specifically for mental health professionals at the end of a long day. After hours of holding space for others, this practice gently invites you to be held in return, releasing the emotional and physical weight you may have carried through your work. Through body awareness and soothing imagination, this meditation guides you from the busyness of the day into deep, restful sleep. A compassionate reminder that the work of holding is complete, and now it is your turn to rest. ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community [http://heyberries.com/community] Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com [https://heyberries.com].

What High-Functioning Anxiety Looks Like in Motherhood with Danielle Smith

Most moms know things will change when a baby arrives. What's harder to anticipate is how much the internal experience shifts, especially for high-achieving women who have always relied on productivity and drive to feel grounded. When the old coping strategies stop working, and the to-do list keeps growing, something has to give. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Danielle Smith, LCSW, PMH-C, a licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health specialist, to talk about what high-functioning anxiety actually looks like in early motherhood. Danielle draws on both her clinical expertise and her own experience as a mom of three to normalize what so many women are quietly navigating, and to offer practical ways to get support without adding more pressure. In This Episode, We Cover: * What high-functioning anxiety looks like in mothers and why it often goes unrecognized. * Why motherhood surfaces old patterns and coping strategies that no longer work. * The glass ball theory for figuring out what to keep juggling and what to set down. * What most pregnant women overlook when preparing for the postpartum period emotionally. * The difference between therapy and coaching, and how each type of support serves a different need. * How Danielle uses ChatGPT to reduce mental load at home and in her business. Connect with Danielle Smith: Website: www.empoweredcounselingnj.com [http://www.empoweredcounselingnj.com]Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empoweredmotherhood [https://www.instagram.com/empoweredmotherhood]Support Group: https://www.empoweredcounselingnj.com/support-group/p/empoweredmomscommunity [https://www.empoweredcounselingnj.com/support-group/p/empoweredmomscommunity] ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community [http://heyberries.com/community] Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com [https://heyberries.com].

Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Releasing What You Heard Today | 13 min

Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation created specifically for therapists who need to release the stories, images, and emotional echoes that linger after sessions. This practice gently invites you to arrive in the present moment and to honor the weight of what you've heard today without carrying it forward. Using calming visualization, this meditation guides you to let the words, feelings, silences, and moments from your sessions drift away like leaves on the current, naturally and without force. You'll return to yourself feeling more present, clear, and grounded, ready to step back into your own life. Berries Meditations offers mental health professionals a place to pause and reset. Created by Berries, these brief guided meditations are crafted to support the wellbeing of those who dedicate their days to caring for others. ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community [http://heyberries.com/community] Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com [https://heyberries.com].

Preventing Therapist Burnout Before It Starts with Lorain Moorehead

Burnout rarely announces itself. For many mental health professionals, it builds slowly, often in the gap between doing meaningful work and losing the spark that made the work feel meaningful in the first place. In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, EMDR approved consultant, clinical supervisor, and faculty associate at Arizona State University, to talk about what actually keeps a career sustainable over the long haul. Lorain brings 18 years of experience working with high-achieving professionals and clinicians, and she shares how staying connected to your core values, not just your caseload, can be the difference between thriving and burning out. In This Episode, We Cover: * Why learning as a core value can act as a built-in burnout prevention strategy. * How your caseload can organically reveal a niche within your niche. * The mental health patterns most common in therapist entrepreneurs, including ADHD, anxiety, and perfectionism. * Why not everyone needs to follow the same career trajectory and why that is actually okay. * How to identify the parts of your work that drain you and what to do about them. * The role AI note-writing and customizable EHRs are playing in reducing clinician burnout. * How Lorain structures supervision using HIPAA-compliant tools like Google Workspace and Dropbox. Connect with Lorain Moorehead: Website: https://lorainmoorehead.com/ [https://lorainmoorehead.com/]Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theselfcareapist/ [https://www.instagram.com/theselfcareapist/]Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@selfcareapist [https://www.youtube.com/@selfcareapist]TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theselfcareapist [https://www.tiktok.com/@theselfcareapist] ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community [http://heyberries.com/community] Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com [https://heyberries.com].

Meditation for Mental Health Professionals: Closing the Clinical Day | 11 min

Join Julie Grace for a guided meditation designed specifically for therapists at the close of the clinical day. Through gentle awareness and movement, this practice offers your nervous system a clear, intentional signal that your work for the day is complete - helping you disengage from the outward orientation of clinical presence and return to yourself. This Berries meditation moves through arriving into the present moment, honoring the care you brought to your work, and using breath and body movement to release any residue from the day, so you can step into your evening grounded in your own presence, your own breath, and your own life. Berries Meditations offers mental health professionals a place to pause and reset. Created by Berries, these brief guided meditations are crafted to support the wellbeing of those who dedicate their days to caring for others. ______________ Join the Berries Community - A dedicated space for mental health clinicians to connect, share insights, and grow together. Look for Berries AI Official Community on Facebook at www.heyberries.com/community [http://heyberries.com/community] Brought to You By Berries: Ready to stop dreading your notes? Berries is your AI assistant for mental health professionals. Save time, stay compliant, and get back to the work you love. Learn more at heyberries.com [https://heyberries.com].