Mental Health Career Launcher

A Guide to Practice Niches, Creative Job Searches, & Building a Fulfilling Career as a Mental Health Clinician

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Lifetime Access to Course on Enrollment, but the Current New Student Window closes on February 28, 2023

We have a full refund policy for anyone who decides they do not want to keep the course within 30-Days of purchase.

A Professional Development Course**

For most of us, the idea of pursuing a career as a mental health therapist can come out of poignant moments. It may be a draw to the schedule flexibility and freedom that the field can allow, discovering a deep fascination with the science of human experience, or the inspiration we feel after being helped by a therapist in our own lives.
But being able to connect our dreams with the reality of working in the mental health field can sometimes have disconnects, and this course is designed to help you make those connections between your dreams and the reality of your work as a clinician.
Whether you’re wrapping up your graduate studies to enter the field, or you are a working therapist who is trying explore new paths to further build the career you want, we believe we can help you set a complete path with this course.
Our curriculum includes:
  • An outline of the work settings for mental health clinicians, including opportunities of which you may have never thought
  • Creating expectations for you’re earning potential, as well as opportunities to quickly pay off your student debt.
  • Looking at some of the most dynamic job markets in the United State, looking at how factors of cost-of-living, job growth, and the expansion of telehealth, are all providing unique opportunities for new and established therapists.
  • How to develop therapy niches that are both impactful and in-demand, creating more opportunity in your career
  • Creating a sharp résumé/CV, and establishing your online presence in a way that benefits your career (Templates Included).
  • Considering the pros and cons of further education, like a doctorate or specialty certifications.
  • New therapist guidance in navigating supervision & licensure (Supervision Tracker Template Included)
  • Settings rhythms of selfcare in your work as a clinician.

This course has come from the current passions and past struggles of our instructor, Dr. David Hall. David was 25 years old when he graduated with his Master in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2006. His masters program had given him good clinical training, but he felt he had little-to-no guidance as to how to build his career, nor even a very good understanding of most of his career options. He stumbled forward, making some wrong turns, but generally finding paths for positive growth. Since then, David has worked as a therapist in 2 states, had jobs in treatment centers and group practices, completed a doctorate, earned multiple clinical licenses and certifications, served on a state association board, and started a psychiatry practice, a counseling clinic, and a teaching/consulting business for to help others working in behavioral health.
**This is a non-Continuing Education (CE) course.


Course Curriculum


  Course Lectures, Templates, & Handout
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Your Instructor


S. David Hall, PsyD
S. David Hall, PsyD

Dr. Stephen "David" Hall Jr. (PsyD, LMFT, LPC-MHSP-AS, CST, NCC) is the education director for PsychMaven, serving as one our primary teachers and heading up content and direction for the organization. He has been working as a counselor/psychotherapist since 2005 and holds clinical licenses in Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, he also has specialized training in sex therapy, substance use disorders, and clinical hypnosis. Dr. Hall built up personal counseling practices in both Tennessee and Georgia, and in 2015 he led the start-up of an independent psychiatry clinic, Haven Family Psychiatry, and then built his current group therapy practice, Haven Counseling Center. Dr. Hall maintains a counseling/psychotherapy caseload and supervises postgraduate therapists through his practice. In 2011, Dr. Hall founded the Narrative Institute to provide workshops and seminars on story-craft and applied narrative theory for mental health therapists, other professionals, and the general public. In the years since, he has organized and taught professional continuing education and general trainings on narrative in psychotherapy, practice building, cultural trends, social dynamics of technology, professional ethics, and other mental health topics; having done live trainings throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. In 2019, the Narrative Institute became one of the founding component institutes of PsychMaven. Dr. Hall has also worked as a business and clinical consultant in recovery and treatment center start-ups, an adjunct graduate professor, and has served as the president of the Tennessee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TNAMFT), the state division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). For more on Dr. Hall, visit www.davidhallpsych.com.


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
This course becomes available to new students during our open enrollment launches. This is a home-study course that can be done at your own pace. After you purchase the course, you will have lifetime access to complete the material when convenient in your schedule.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
At PsychMaven, we deeply desire for students to have a positive course experience. And as a part of this, we want students to feel good about their decision in purchasing a course with us, and for them to know that they can purchase without risk. If you enroll in the course, and then decide that it is not a good fit, just reach out before 30-days after your purchase and we will gladly give you a full refund.
Does this course offer continuing education (CE) credit?
As this is one of our courses that is focused on career development, we are not able to offer CE credit for completing it as it does not fit into the CE standards we work under. But please check out some of our other courses to earn CE hours.

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