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Is burnout silently shaping your profitability, personal wellbeing, and client outcomes?
The Impact of Burnout: Prevention & Ethical Considerations is a powerful, practical continuing education program created specifically for therapists in private practice. Drawing on decades of research and real-world clinical experience, this course goes far beyond self-care clichés to explore the true costs of burnout—and actionable steps you can take to prevent it.
Whether you're a solo practitioner feeling stretched thin, a group practice owner navigating leadership demands, or a supervisor guiding newer clinicians, this course helps you recognize the subtle signs of burnout, understand its ethical implications, and create a practice that sustains both you and your clients.
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The Impact of Burnout: Prevention & Ethical Considerations is a comprehensive program designed for licensed therapists in private practice. This course explores the multifaceted nature of burnout, its impact on therapists and their clients, and ethical considerations related to practice sustainability. Drawing from Dr. Christina Maslach’s decades of research, the course outlines the three core dimensions of burnout—emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment—and offers practical, research-informed strategies for prevention and recovery. Special attention is given to the unique challenges of solo and group private practice owners, and the systemic, relational, and ethical implications of burnout in clinical work. The course also provides guidance for supervisors supporting new professionals in the field.
Program Learning Objectives
Identify the three core dimensions of burnout and understand how they manifest uniquely in therapists working in private practice.
Evaluate the impact of burnout on clinical effectiveness, client outcomes, and therapist-client relationships, including ethical considerations.
Implement evidence-based strategies to prevent burnout through environmental changes, personal resilience practices, and system-level interventions.
Support supervisees and early-career professionals in recognizing and managing burnout, including through appropriate boundary-setting and supervisory practices.
About BrandiÂ
Brandi Morgan Matthews, LMFT-S, Attorney at Law
As an LMFT-S and Attorney in Oklahoma, I previously founded and owned a multi-location group therapy practice for more than a decade. During my 15 years of practice as a therapist, I specialized in working with children and families in the context of divorce and custody matters. Since 2010, I have practiced law focused exclusively on the areas of: (1) child advocacy, including serving as a court-appointed guardian ad litem and parenting coordinator; and (2) legal consultation and representation for mental health professionals.
Today, my law practice focuses exclusively on serving mental health professionals in Oklahoma. Consultations include all issues related to the practice of therapy such as responding to subpoenas, court orders, records requests, and licensing board complaints to complex legal issues including suicide and homicide assessment, child abuse reporting, and domestic violence.
Through my years of experience as an attorney and mental health professional, I have consistently seen the need for quality continuing education on legal and ethical issues to help therapists proactively address and avoid costly legal issues--especially for therapists in private practice. To fill that need, my continuing education programs are dedicated to helping therapists build legally sound, profitable, streamlined, and sustainable businesses that make a significant impact--without the overwhelm, exhaustion, and burnout that is all too common to our profession.