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.
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