CFY Lessons: Week 11 and 12 CFY Lessons from Week 11 and 12 come from my third month as a CF. This is around the time I started really catching my stride as a CF, but it really does ebb and flow. CFY Lesson 11.1: Confidence At work, there are some days and some sessions …
Lessons from a CFY: Mental Health (Week 11) Lesson 10.1: Getting Through a Bad Week In any job, it’s inevitable that there will be really bad mental health weeks. We have our good weeks, and we have our bad weeks. That is totally acceptable and expected. Negative thoughts can be rampant. They can bring down …
Lessons from a CFY Week 9 This week, I just have one lesson, but it might be one of the most important ones I’ve covered: accepting when you’re lost. CFY Lesson 9.1: Accepting When You’re Lost In a recent staff meeting with my supervisor, I was really struggling on how to help one of my …
Lessons from a CFY: Week 7 and 8 The last two weeks were jam packed, and it was Labor Day weekend, so I took some time off from blogging to enjoy time with my friends and unplug! I am combining weeks 7 and 8 into one post. This week, I finally started to incorporate the …
Lessons from a CFY: Week 6 This week, I started my second part-time CF! I work at a university coaching college students with disabilities in the areas of executive functioning and pragmatics. This is an area of our scope that’s always been interesting to me, and I’m so excited to start. That being said, here …
Lessons from a CFY: Week 5 It’s hard to believe this is my fifth week working! As I’m more adjusted to the routine, I’m focusing more on efficiency. Making Goals Developing a mentality for how you write, organize and prioritize goals is a critical step to efficiency in therapy. This week, I try to focus …
Lessons From a CFY Week 3 and 4 The last two weeks of my CF have been more time consuming now that I have a fuller caseload. Therefore, lessons from a CFY week 3 and 4 are combined. Here’s what I learned. Initiative… A CF’s Superpower In externships, we had a lot to prove. It …
I finished up my second week as a CF on Wednesday, and spent the next three days at the beach. While relaxing on the beach, my main mission was to get as little sand on me as possible. I’m weird, I know. But I also took time to reflect on my second week. Here’s what …
What some CFY lessons I learned? Starting your CF is an exciting, yet daunting time. Some thoughts going through my head… I’m a licensed SLP! Yay! I finally have something productive to do! (If I watch another season of trash reality tv, I may lose all my brain cells…) I am so glad I don’t have …
“We’ve been around since there was footage. You just have to look for us.”- Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (2020) “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen” is a documentary released in 2020 directed by Sam Feder. It can be viewed on Netflix. You can view the cast, including Laverne Cox, Bianca Leigh, and Jen Richards, here. …
