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Most men don't walk into therapy on their own. They get sent. And by the time the ultimatum comes, she's already halfway out the door.In this men's mental health episode of the Rise with Dr. Angie podcast, I sit down with Dr. Ryan Tran, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Rise Family Counseling in California, who works with men, couples, relationships and sex therapy.Ryan grew up in a traditional Vietnamese household in Garden Grove where nobody talked about feelings. Like, nobody. He hit depression and anxiety as a teenager, found his way into therapy, and it gave him skills he still uses today. Then he got to grad school and looked around and the room was almost all women. So he decided men needed someone like him on the other side of the couch.We get real about why men avoid therapy. How emotional avoidance piles up until it comes out as anger. Why couples therapy as a last resort so often fails. And what it feels like for a man to sit across from a therapist and feel judged before he even opens his mouth.And yes we go there. Performance anxiety. Erectile dysfunction that has way more to do with anxiety than the body. What porn is doing to men's expectations in the bedroom, and how couples can start actually saying what they want.Send this to a man you love. Or watch it yourself first.In this episode00:00 Welcome and meet Dr. Ryan Tran00:00 Growing up where nobody talked about feelings00:00 Why the therapy field is mostly women00:00 Why men only show up after an ultimatum00:00 Emotional avoidance and explosive anger00:00 Therapy as coaching, the way pro athletes use it00:00 Finding the right therapist fit00:00 Couples therapy as a last resort and divorce00:00 When men feel judged by female therapists00:00 Cultural competency and Asian American men00:00 Sexual health, ED and performance anxiety00:00 Porn and unrealistic expectations00:00 Ryan's message to men and how to reach himAbout Dr. Ryan TranDr. Ryan Tran, PhD, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and behavioral health leader with extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. His clinical work focuses on men's mental health, relationships, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Dr. Tran brings a warm, culturally responsive, and practical approach to therapy, helping clients better understand themselves, strengthen their relationships, and create meaningful change.Connect with Dr. Ryan TranWebsite: https://risefamilycounseling.comInstagram: @theDrRyanTranConnect with Dr. AngieWebsite: https://risewithdrangie.comInstagram: @risewithdrangieSubstack: Rise with Dr. AngieThis podcast is for education and conversation, discussed by two doctorate level mental health professionals. It's not a substitute for your own therapy or medical care.#MensMentalHealth #MenInTherapy #CouplesTherapy #MaleTherapist #AsianAmericanMentalHealth #PerformanceAnxiety #RelationshipAdvice #RiseWithDrAngie

Why is naming your rate so hard? If you're a therapist who freezes when a client asks what you charge, or who has never once said "I want to make more money" out loud, this episode is for you.I'm Dr. Angie, a psychologist of 20+ years, and somebody asked me what I wanted a few years ago and I froze. I had nothing. In this episode I trace where that comes from, and why so many therapists in private practice struggle to raise their rates, leave insurance panels, or build a practice that actually fits their life.This one goes deeper than mindset tips. We look at the historical and generational roots of why women, and especially women healers, were trained out of naming what they want, and how that shows up today in a fee schedule.If you've ever wondered whether this is a you problem or something much older than you, press play.⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 The question I couldn't answer 01:15 Why naming your rate is so hard 02:45 Desire is what brought us into this field 04:15 Going looking for the root cause 05:45 Why this is generational trauma 08:00 Religious trauma and the martyr badge 10:00 They didn't discover women were lesser, they legislated it 11:15 The story of Elizabeth Packard 12:45 History is written by the winner 14:00 My roots came back for me 15:30 Why therapists can't set their own price 17:15 What badge of martyrdom are you wearing?📌 WORK WITH ME Burn the Couch Therapist Academy helps therapists get off insurance, raise their rates, and build a cash-pay private practice on their own terms.Book a free discovery call →https://stan.store/risewithdrangie Instagram →@risewithdrangie📚 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Decolonizing Therapy — Dr. Jennifer Mullan The Gnostic Gospels — Elaine Pagels Banned from the Bible — History Channel documentary Designing Your Life — Bill Burnett and Dave Evans Susan Kellogg, "From Parallel and Equivalent to Separate but Unequal"💬 TELL ME What badge of martyrdom are you wearing right now? Drop it in the comments. I read every single one.This channel is for therapists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers who are done letting insurance companies decide what their work is worth. New episodes on building a private practice that fits your life, your brain, and your values.#therapistsofinstagram #privatepractice #cashpaytherapyTAGS(paste into the tags field)therapist private practice, how to raise your rates therapist, cash pay private practice, therapist burnout, leaving insurance panels, private practice tips, therapist imposter syndrome, how much should therapists charge, private practice fees, mental health private practice, therapist business, counselor private practice, psychologist private practice, out of network therapy, therapist coaching, women in private practice, decolonizing therapy, generational trauma, therapist self worth, setting your rate

Burnt out therapist? Drowning in insurance paperwork and wondering if private practice was supposed to feel like this? I didn't rise from the ashes — I sat in them for years first. This is that story.In this episode of Rise With Dr. Angie, I'm sharing the real behind-the-scenes of building Burn the Couch Therapist Academy — and why I walked away from the traditional therapy model. As a neurodivergent Latina psychologist, I stayed loyal to a field that was harming me, until I finally said enough.What I cover in this episode:Why therapist burnout isn't your failure — it's the system working as designedThe healing I found in a therapy intensive (not weekly therapy) with Charity O'Reilly of Tea with a Trauma TherapistWhat EMDR trainings never tell you about the origins of EMDR (NLP and hypnosis roots)Decolonizing therapy, pathologizing clients, and what Mad in America opened my eyes toWhy I created my own neurodivergent-affirming, attachment-focused trauma methodHow I raised my rates from $75 to $400 an hour without insuranceBuilding a cash pay private practice: therapy intensives, assessments as a side hustle, paid speaking, retreats, and income beyond one-to-one sessionsIf you're a therapist, counselor, psychologist, or social worker who wants to get off insurance panels, go cash pay, raise your rates, or build a private practice on your terms — this is for you.⚠️ Content note: discussion of sexual assault and trafficking.📚 Mentioned: Decolonizing Therapy (Dr. Jennifer Mullan) · Mad in America🔥 Burn the Couch Therapist Academy: [link]🎙️ Subscribe for weekly episodes on private practice freedom, therapy intensives & healing for healers#TherapistBurnout #CashPayPractice #PrivatePracticeTherapist #TherapyIntensives #NeurodivergentTherapist #DecolonizingTherapy #GetOffInsurance #TherapistsOfYouTube

I Lost $50K as a Therapist — Here's What Nobody Told MeI went to grad school fired up. I was going to build my dream private practice, help people, and finally have the career I worked so hard for.What nobody told me was that I'd spend years fumbling through insurance panels with zero mentorship, burning out, and watching my income crater — all while being a mother of six and the primary breadwinner for my family.Losing $50,000 will change you. It changed me.But survival mode has a way of forcing clarity. I learned marketing. I built a cash pay practice. And I came out the other side with something I didn't have before — a roadmap.This episode is for the therapist who thinks it won't happen to them.I was that therapist.I'm not here to scare you. I'm here to save you the heartbreak I had to earn the hard way.🎙️ In this episode:Why insurance panels are a financial trap most clinicians don't see comingWhat I wish I'd known before I lost $50KThe marketing skills that actually saved my practice — and my familyWhy "I'll figure it out" is the most expensive plan a therapist can have🔥 Ready to stop surviving and start building? Learn how at [your link here]📲 Follow me: @RiseWithDrAngie#TherapistBurnout #PrivatePractice #CashPayPractice #TherapistLife #BurnTheCouch #MentalHealthBusiness #TherapistCoach

Welcome to the very first episode of the Burn the Couch Podcast — the podcast for therapists, healers, and neurodivergent entrepreneurs who are done sacrificing themselves to broken systems.In this episode, I’m sharing my real story: growing up in poverty, surviving trauma, navigating burnout in community mental health, losing nearly everything after an insurance and cyber billing crisis, and ultimately rebuilding my practice into a sustainable, freedom-based business where I now work limited hours, charge premium rates, and help other therapists do the same.We’re talking about:Therapist burnout and nervous system overwhelmLeaving insurance panels and building a cash pay therapy practiceADHD, autism, masking, and neurodivergent entrepreneurshipMoney shame, martyrdom, and overworking in the mental health fieldMarketing for therapists without feeling fake or salesyEMDR intensives, sustainable private practice, and therapist freedomWhy therapists deserve abundance, rest, and spaciousness tooThis podcast is especially for:✨ Neurodivergent therapists✨ LGBTQIA+ therapists✨ BIPOC healers✨ Highly sensitive therapists✨ Burned out clinicians who feel trapped in insurance-driven therapy modelsIf you’ve ever thought:“I didn’t go to school for this.”“Why am I so exhausted all the time?”“I love helping people, but I can’t keep living like this.”You are not alone.My mission is to help therapists stop martyring themselves and build sustainable, aligned, profitable practices that actually support their lives — without losing their humanity in the process.🔥 COMMENT “FREEDOM” if this episode resonates with you.Subscribe for honest conversations about:Private practice marketingCash pay therapyEMDR intensivesTherapist mindsetBurnout recoveryNeurodivergent business strategiesSustainable entrepreneurship for healers