#97 - CAREER THERAPY REWIND: Career Counseling with a THERAPIST, with Dr. Dan Mortenson, Ph.D
Career Therapy Podcast e.97 - CAREER THERAPY REWIND: Career Counseling with a THERAPIST, with Dr. Dan Mortenson, Ph.D
NOTE: This episode first premiered on October 21, 2020. We chose this episode as the fifth Career Therapy Rewind because Dr. Dan's advice is both calming and reassuring. This is an episode meant to helps anyone who is dealing with any kind of career uncertainty be less judgmental about themselves and their careers. Check it out!
Original Description:
On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (#21), we chat with Dr. Dan Mortenson about how to develop more comfort around uncertainty.
Dr. Mortenson has worked with Chicago Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Center since 2012 and specializes in working with anxiety and other mood disorders in all age ranges. Originally from northeastern New Jersey, he graduated with honors from Brown University with degrees in Psychology and Sociology before beginning his formal training as a psychologist.
Our conversation on the Career Therapy Podcast touches on the intersectionality between anxiety, stress, and the job search. It’s a really good episode, and one sure to help you release any job or career and/or job-oriented stress. Tune in!
During this Episode, We Discuss:
0:00 introducing Dr. Dan Mortenson
1:12 who is Dr. Dan?
2:32 grad school in Houston, Texas
4:59 issues for job searchers
9:30 one bad experience can color everything
10:20 imagining advertising like Mad Men
11:25 Egyptology
12:20 why getting a job won’t fix everything
13:55 why stress is okay
16:10 fighting binary thinking / cognitive distortions
19:01 dealing with anxiety
21:50 orchestra analogy
23:15 how we should relate to emotions
25:30 uninvited guest showing up at a birthday party
28:49 what we choose to give attention to
33:10 a “healthy relationship” with anxiety
40:15 how to survive in “the new normal” covid era
41:40 “when this is all over”
45:03 damage control for when you’re “in the red”
49:13 should you see a career coach or a therapist?
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Now Over To You!
If you know anyone who has been hustling, or started a business, during the pandemic, and has an amazing story to share, let us know who they are! Alternately, if you, or someone you know has recently gone through a layoff, or has a layoff, or any other career transition-oriented story to share, reach out. Contact Martin through his personal LinkedIn page to get in touch. We're always on the lookout for amazing guests for the cast.
As always, thanks for listening!
