The people who are the most financially successful and enjoying their careers are not the people who are stuck working for others in hospitals, government agencies, or group practices. They just learned a key lesson.
How to make the transition to a full-time private practice and become a profitable business owner.
Mental health professionals spend years getting degrees, qualifications, licenses, and years of experience. And companies know mental health professionals have excellent talent and are passionate about their work, so they keep them overworked and underpaid, while profiting off of their expertise. You are being burned out. Your work changes lives. Your clients are grateful for your dedication and compassion you have towards them. Your best work is being stunted because the industry sees you as a number and not as a vital talent. This is because, in all your years it took you to become an expert in your field, not one class was dedicated to teaching you how to market yourself and run your business. Nobody wanted you to "OWN" your worth.