What's going on with me right now... Kati Morton, how do you become a therapist?

Hi everyone.

This week's video is kind of a little bit behind the scenes

Many of you have asked, Kati, what is it that you do everyday? I want to see what you do.

So, stay tuned.

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So, like I said, this week's video is a little behind the scenes.

What is going on with me?

What do I do everyday?

And other than my regular job and everything

I know many of you have already told you

that I'm studying to take my licensing exam.

So stressful

but, what that really means, and what

many of you might be feeling

on the outside is it may take me two days

to get back to you when you message me

or when you leave a comment.

It might take me a little while.

Or, you may be like, Kati, I sent you a video

and it took you over a day to watch it

and you used to be like quick return. And

so you might be feeling a little bit of

that. It's really because it's just me.

If there were crickets, I would cue crickets.

right now because it is just me.

And I wish I had little people

that could help me out

and comment and do things. But, it's just me.

So, because I am, just to give you a little

background. Many of you ask me, Kati, how

do I become a therapist like you? How do I

become a person who specializes in

eating disorders? And really, what I did,

is I went to a four year college, so go

to university and got my undergraduate

degree in psychology. You can't really

specialize any more than that at that

level, it's just pyschology. So, I got my

bachelor's in psychology. Then, I went on

for a two year degree with a master's in

clinical psychology with an emphasis in

marriage and family therapy. And that's

why at the end of my name you see MFTI,

marriage and family therapy. The I stands

for intern. So what that means is that

since I have graduated, I have been working

and doing all these hours towards the 3000

hours that I have to gather in the state

of California to be able to take my

licensing exam. Okay? So I hope that

kind of makes sense. Four year degree,

then my two year degree, and then 3000

hours of working with my clients and

running groups and many of you already

know that have been following me for a

long time, I started out working in a

residential eating disorder clinic. That's

when my passion for eating disorders

really sprung to life and I knew what I

wanted to do. And from there, I went and

worked at a day program and then I went

into the hospital setting. And now, I do

outpatient work. So that's kind of how

I've gathered my 3000 hours. And so what

that means for me now is yay! it's so

exciting! I'm all done! four years of

intense work and lots of hours and sweat

and blood and all that good stuff

into what I'm doing, and now, I am

working and taking classes, the Jerry

Grossman seminars, holy mother of God,

this is so much stuff to learn. And this

is only one book. I have other things that

I'll demonstrate the intense amount of

things I have to learn. But, on the

weekends, Saturday and Sunday, I am taking

these seminars, these classes, so that I

can prepare properly to take my exam. So,

once I hear back from the BBS, the Board

of Behavioral Sciences, who says, yes,

you're good, Kati, you've done your 3000

hours, we love you, you're amazing, you

can take your exam. One of two

there is a standard written one and the

clinical vinegiette. Two portions of

exams. So I will let you all know and I

will keep you up to date with what's

happening and what I've heard

Because hopefully I'll hear back before

too long and then I can take my standard

written exam, pass that, yeah, positive

thinking, the power of positive thinking,

and then I'll take my clinical vinegiette

exam, and then I'll be Kati Morton MFT.

I have to get excited because it's a lot

of work and it's a lot of hours and I've

been really tired. Like, I said, I'm

only one person. So, just bear with me.

Understand that I am still there for you.

I'm doing my best to make sure that I

reach all of my, I call my fantastic

five. The fantastic five of the things

of my social media sites that I'm on

and I plan on keeping it very up to date.

and doing things as much as I can.

But just be a little patient with me, know

that it has nothing to do with you. Don't

take offense, I guess is the best way

to put it. It's just me being busy.

And I'm already pretty busy and so to

add in a full weekend, nine to three on

Saturdays and nine to five on

Sundays of classes is just really

exhausting. I mean, look at this,

these are your flashcards. Holy sweet

jeez. Really? So, anyway, they sent you

like this ten pound box full of things,

it's like all of these books and I'm like

panicking, but so far, the classes seem

really helpful. It's gonna be a breeze.

I'm gonna be very prepared and ready to

go so we can keep moving together towards

a healthy mind and a healthy body, right?

Because that's what it's all about and I'm

very excited for this step to happen, so

that I can get back to doing what

I love to do, which is helping all of you.

And if you have any questions, i know lots

of you always ask me: How do I become a

therapist? How does that work? And if

you have any more questions, if there's

something that I said that wasn't clear

and you felt like, hey, I don't

understand, leave that below, let me know.

Hey Kati, I want to know more information

about yada. Or if you want to know the

difference between an MFT and other veins

of the therapy world, I would be happy

to answer that too. I just didn't want to

get too bogged down with all of these

different things. I wanted to let you know

where I'm at and what I'm doing all day,

Saturday and Sunday. It's so very

exciting. You can't even believe my

excitement. So, anyway, make sure to

subscribe to my channel because I do

plan on still, or I guess this way,

I feel like I'm always doing the disco,

but I will still be putting out videos.

Don't worry, don't fret! The videos

will still be coming out. I'll probably

just you know be doing little filming

where I tell you what's going on, I may

do a little vlog of my own, where I'm

like, hey, I'm in the car and today I'm

doing this blah blah. And if you

like that kind of stuff, let me know. Like

if you like the little behind the scenes

and you want more, give me a little

thumbs up. Because I'll keep sharing

and letting you know what's going on with

me and where I'm at and I'll keep you

posted on the status of the licensing exam.

Because it's really exctiing

I'm very tired now because I've been in

class all day, that's why I'm kind of

dragging. But I'm very excited, this

is a big step for Healthy Mind, Healthy

Body. This is so exciting because

this means that I'm on my own, I'm

doing my thing, I'm a licensed therapist.

And that's al of work and that's a lot

of hours and it's almost like you've

worked so hard. It's like the end

of treatment, when you know you're feeling

recovered and you're kind of scared to

let go of the safety blanket, but you're

like, yeah, there's so much out there. So

that's where I'm at and it's very exciting.

Subscribe to my channel, stay tuned,

leave your comments below if you have any

questions and let me know if you

like this kind of video because I'll

put more out then, okay? And we'll work

together, we're taking some big steps

together towards a healthy mind

and a healthy body.