Burnout and Bullshit: Real Stories from the Mental Health Field
Burnout & Bullshit is a therapist-powered podcast exposing what’s really happening in grad programs, internships, agencies, and private practice. Hosted by Kayla Schubert Wirth, LCSW, this show features real stories (anonymous or not), red flag breakdowns, and what ethical leadership actually looks like. If you’ve ever questioned the system—or yourself—you’re not alone. This is where we talk about it.
Episodes
Title:
Supervision Lies, Noncompetes, and 1099 Scams: Red Flags New Therapists Need to Know
Description:
Tired of being told you're not "supervisor material"? Burned out by unethical leadership and broken promises? This episode of Burnout & Bullshit is your unfiltered look at the red flags no one warned you about in grad school.
Host Kayla Schubert-Wirth, LCSW, sits down with Samantha Willi,...
Trust your gut when something feels off—especially when the field tells you to stay silent.
In this powerful episode, therapist Larissa Trelles (she/they) shares their raw and courageous journey from first-gen therapy client to becoming a therapist navigating racism, safety threats, and exploitation in the mental health system.
From conducting mobile therapy alone in rural areas during COVID as a Latina intern to confro...
Episode Summary:
What happens when your grad school internship feels more like a security risk than clinical training? When “supervision” means 4am drug screens, and leadership thinks deli platters are a solution to burnout?
In this raw, unfiltered episode, therapist, TEDx speaker, and retreat leader Patrick Casale shares the chaos, dysfunction, and disillusionment that shaped his early years in mental health—and how he...
Guest: Cindi Miller MA, LMHC (she/her)
Host: Kayla Schubert-Wirth, MSW, LCSW (she/her)
Therapists are often punished for being good at their work through increased responsibilities with decreased support. When you're the "go-to" clinician, expect to handle everything solo while leadership tells you to just be grateful for the opportunity.
• Working in residential treatment facilities and gro...
Guest: Ashley Orbanus, LPC (she/her)
Host: Kayla Schubert-Wirth, MSW, LCSW (she/her)
Podcast: Burnout & Bullshit: Real Stories from the Mental Health Field
What happens when your internship starts with a screen door, a stare-down, and the words:
“You’re 10 minutes early? Good. Learn to value your time—or you won’t make it.”
In this raw and unfiltered episode, Ashley Orbanus, LPC, pulls back the curtai...
Guest: Katie May, MA, LPC (she/her)
Host: Kayla Schubert-Wirth, MSW, LCSW (she/her) | Burnout & Bullshit: Real Stories from the Mental Health Field
Summary:
What if the gaslighting isn’t coming from the top down—but from “below”? In this raw and unfiltered episode, therapist and leadership coach Katie May, LPC joins Kayla to dismantle one of the most harmful deflections in group practice culture:
👉...
E3: Red Flags, Sand Trays, and Shit Pay: The Lies They Sell New Therapists with Ally Henry MA, LPC (she/her)
Summary
In this raw and unfiltered episode of Burnout & Bullsht*, host Kayla Schubert-Wirth sits down with Ally Henry, LPC, to expose the early signs of burnout and the brutal realities therapists face behind closed doors. From being paid $17 an hour to work with sex-trafficked teens (with zero trauma tr...
🎙️ Episode 2: Burnout, Resilience, & What They Don’t Tell You in Grad School
Podcast: Burnout & Bullsht: Real Stories from the Mental Health Field*
🧠 Keywords: burnout, mental health, social work, resilience, education, graduate school, self-care, therapist life, trauma, over-functioning, healthcare
📖 Description:
Before the license. Before the letters after your name.
Burnout starts whe...
🎙️ Episode 1: The Story She Couldn’t Silence
Podcast: Burnout & Bullsht: Real Stories from the Mental Health Field*
Keywords: burnout, mental health, therapy, social work, toxic workplace, supervision, eating disorder treatment, military, self-care, therapist burnout, new therapist support
Summary:
In the very first episode, host Kayla Schubert-Wirth sits down with Anna Bova, MSW, LCSW—a therapist specializ...
Title: Burnout & Bullsht: Real Stories from the Mental Health Field
Host: Kayla Schubert-Wirth, LCSW, EMDRIA Trainer, Approved Consultant & Chaos Maker.
Burnout isn’t just working too much—it’s what happens when therapists are asked to hold it all together in a system that gives us nothing back.
I’m Kayla Schubert-Wirth, a licensed clinical social worker, EMDR trainer, ADHD human, and someone who’s worked i...
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