My Therapy Practice
Breaking the Cycle: How Thetsy Offers an Alternative to the Cash-Cow Culture in Therapy
If you’ve been in the mental health field long enough, you’ve probably seen it: - Interns working for free. - New clinicians carrying heavy caseloads for low pay. - The promise of “more freedom later” if you can just work your way up. In some places, the path is clear: put in your time, climb the ladder, open your own practice, and eventually, bring on others to carry the workload — often under the same tight margins you once worked within. It’s a cycle. And while it’s not inherently malicious, it can become a cash-cowing culture — where those at the top stay afloat by relying on the labor of those still climbing.
Carrie Beck
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