#8 Know Thy Therapist (Part I): What you need to know about psychologists when running a mental health business
plus... $130m for Talkiatry, a spotlight on Unmind, $11m for a peer-support business and all the latest news in mental health
Hi friends,
We’ve had a bunch of new subscribers recently. If you’re one of them, welcome!
The Hemingway Report is a community of people all interested in developing solutions to our mental health crisis and I’m delighted to have you as part of it.
Every week I share insights on mental health innovation as well as in-depth guides to building a successful organisation in this space.
This week, we're talking about psychologists.
The people at the very core of our mental health system and who often hold the power to make or break a mental health business. We share the key trends you need to know about these important people and what you can do to get them on board with your business.
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This week in The Hemingway Report;
Know Thy Therapist (Part I): The most important trends you need to know about psychologists
Company spotlight on Unmind: the evidence-based, data-backed work wellbeing program
Plus all the latest news in mental health innovation
Psychologist, teachers, nurses, social workers etc, are all burnt out above the national average of other professions / sectors. They all have a few things in common. One they are front line workers who bore the brunt of Covid’s negative mental and physical impact on society. Two they care deeply about their jobs and are inherently intrinsically motivated. Caring uses a lot of psychological resources. They are all also working in under resourced sectors (for different reasons, I.e psychologist are dealing with an unprecedented surge in demand for mental health services where as teachers are dealing with issues of retention and shortages from ppl retiring and an inability to recruit and retain the next gen of teachers). They are all involved managing people’s welfare, where a negative outcomes in this line of work are serious and therefore these sectors involve lots of policy and bureaucracy to manage risk which is useful but means they work in rigid, inflexible workplaces and often without a lot of room for autonomy which is essential for fostering autonomous motivation which is linked to wellbeing and protecting against burnout. If you find a solution to psychologist burnout there will be lots of share with these other sectors too!