Rooms That Weren't Built for Me - w/ Shana Dobson

From After the Hour · 01:00:24

Show by Brie Hawk

Former UFC fighter turned licensed professional counselor Shana Dobson joins Brie to talk about the road from the octagon to the therapy room, and why she built Path to Peace, a practice grounded in the belief that clients deserve therapists who share their lived experience. They get honest about burnout (the 3 a.m. progress notes, the vacation with the laptop), why "just don't take it on" is impossible advice for people who care deeply, letting go of being the perfect therapist for every client, and the case for thoughtful self-disclosure. Plus: the moment Shana's own therapist said "I don't have anything clinical to say," and why that was exactly enough. CHAPTERS 2:28 From the UFC to the therapy room 7:26 Culture, Jamaican roots & what doesn't need explaining 12:50 Graduating and leaving the UFC in the same month 15:16 Teaching, community mental health & earning their stripes 20:13 Building Path to Peace ("You guys are the Avengers") 23:26 Burnout: 3 a.m. notes and working vacations 26:02 Unlearning grad school fears 32:32 Burnout from every angle & the "empathy switch" 36:53 Imposter syndrome & the savior complex 41:57 Self-disclosure and the blank slate 48:52 Same and different: intersectional matching 56:25 What Shana does After the HourCONNECT WITH SHANA Website: https://path2peacellc.com/If you're struggling, you don't have to wait. In the U.S., call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. After the Hour is a production of Collective Counseling Solutions. Produced by Brie Hawk, with editing and creative direction by Carin Huebner and SPACEBUG Creative. New episodes every two weeks.

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