Renee Beck, LMFT

02/17/2021

Transpersonal Consultation and Supervision for CA Associates!
Online, off-site.
I love helping clinicians grow their practices, too!
Contact me to setup a free 25-minute phone interview:

Consultation for Therapists   As your consultant, my job is to help you gain clarity about your client’s best interest, access your own inner wisdom of what your client needs, & develop steps to meet those needs within the legal & ethical guidelines of our profession. I’m also pretty good with ...

12/01/2020

Transpersonal Supervision for CA BBS Associates!
Online, off-site. Individual or triadic.
Over 35 years experience with variety of pre-licensees in different settings.
Contact me to set up a free 15-minute phone call to see if we'd be a good match:

Clinical Supervision SUPERVISION, CONSULTATIONS, & TRAINING Working with Trainees and Interns is one of my passions. It is an honor to help you find your therapeutic “seat”, discover and develop your clinical styles and skills, and explore your Shadow as countertransference or personal issues ar...

11/09/2020

Pink Katydid!

This female katydid found on Borneo Island resembles a leaf. The photographer lists it as a Eulophophyllum lobulatum, but it’s more likely to be Eulophophyllum kirki based on the subtle differences between the two species.

Both insects were discovered in 2016 when George Beccaloni from the London Natural History Museum and Sigfrid Ingrisch from the Alexander Koenig Research Museum in Germany studied photographs taken by Peter Kirk in 2013. New species are rarely announced from photographs these days because the differences can be subtle, but E. kirki defied the odds.

To see if there were more unidentified species online, the team decided to sift through photos of katydids on social media. Their internet sleuthing pay off -- they confirmed another leaf-shaped katydid species, which they named Eulophophyllum lobulatum. The creature has a shorter forewing and only five large veins compared to E. kirki with seven to eight.

Both species are sexually dimorphic with the males being green and the females pink. The researchers still don’t know why the females are pink as both females were discovered on green foliage, making them conspicuous. It’s possible that from a distance females are camouflaged or were simply resting on green foliage at the time of the picture, with their usual perch being red foliage. The researchers also suggest the females may be bright pink as a warning to predators that they taste bad or are toxic.

Image credit: Shutterstock/SIMON SHIM

10/23/2020

: Slime Mold

09/22/2020

May the autumnal equinox help us all bring a little more balance into our lives and the world.

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

08/07/2020

Consultations on dreamwork, intuition in therapy and supervision, integrating supervision into your private practice, and more!
I also have room for a couple of CA BBS Associates looking for off-site, online transpersonal supervision. Contact me to set up a free 15-minute phone call to see if we'd be a good match!
https://www.reneebeckmft.com/consultation-for-therapists/

06/14/2020

Links to directories of BIPOC therapists in comments below.

When it comes to race, a degree isn't always qualification enough for a therapist.

05/31/2020

Coping with the pandemic:
Good article in comment below.

05/26/2020

Anyone looking for Transpersonal Supervision?
I have a few spots opened up for CA Associates.
Online, off-site.
Contact me to set up a free 15-minute interview.
Consultation for licensed clinicians available, too.
https://www.reneebeckmft.com/for-clinicians/

05/11/2020

The Great Mother is always here for all of us.
Article in comment.

04/09/2020

For my fellow therapists (and the people that love them):
Why we therapists are so tired, especially if you are new to working online.
(Note: Everyone is tired.)
1. It's ANOTHER added change to our daily (hourly?) shifting world that we have to keep adjusting to.
2. With our nervous systems cranked up to 11 (uh, survival, ya know?), human's ability to concentrate is lowered, our IQ drops, and our ability to learn is impeded.
3) if you're new to working online, this is a big learning curve for many (see #2).
4) It's hard to be at 100% with #1, 2, 3. We're used to being at 100% during our sessions. Right now, nobody can be at 100% as often as we are used to. Our clients are not at 100% either, yet we can still do our work in helping them.
5) With our amygdalas in over-drive, so is self-criticism. Let's give ourselves a break, and comfort our inner critics in the same ways we would for a client or loved one.
6) We don't get a break from being conscious of/processing stuff around COVID 19, because pretty much all of our clients need us to do that with them. If we had different jobs, most of us would have at least a few of our working hours that were distractions from the whole thing; we need distractions.
7) Intuition working online is different than in person. This was the main thing I had to figure out when I started working online 6-8 years ago. We're used to in-the-room intuition/gut reaction/felt sense.
We get some of that online, from visual and verbal cues, but not all of it. However, we also have distance intuition; any of you with kids know this: you get a sense if your kid needs you, if they're ok. Even if you don't have kids, you have likely had times when you knew you needed to call somebody you care about, to see if they were ok, or even just an urge, that you really wanted to call/check up on someone. So, bring that into your online sessions. Maybe just imagine being in the same room with them while you talk; that can help, too.
So, yes; we are all tired. If yo can, find some good distractions when you're not working. (Me, I'm watching "Supernatural" reruns. GO, Sam & Dean!)
And get rest as you can.

04/02/2020

Anyone having crazy dreams lately? It's pretty common, with all the stress of covid 19.
Even with difficult dreams, there's usually a bit of wisdom, comfort and strength in there, if you can get down to it through all the other stuff.
I've been working with dreams for decades, and am here to help you with your dreams or your clients' dreams. Free introductory 15-minute phone consultation.
Contact me to set up a time! https://www.reneebeckmft.com/dreamwork/