Early Career Launch Pad for New Therapist

On Saturday, September 13th, 2025, join Heather Heide, LMFT-S and Tessa Gittleman, LMFT-S for a day packed with Clinical Readiness Curriculum you wished you had learned before starting your practicum. That's right--we have designed a whole day to ease the growing pains that Practicum Students, Recent Clinical Graduates, Pre-Confident Clinicians, and their Clinical Sites have experienced for generations. 

The truth is, graduate programs, supervision, and sites can’t cover everything it takes to feel grounded, confident, and like you have a sustainable workload as a new therapist. We know this firsthand—as Graduate Course Instructors, Private Practice Owners, and Supervisors, we’ve seen where new clinicians thrive and where they burn-out so quickly, it's hard to have confidence in their career path. That’s why we've dedicated an entire day to doing... different; Offering the kind of practical, real-world tools and support we wish we had inherited from a mentor when we were starting out. 

Our learning objectives for the day: 

• Documentation, Documentation, Documentation

  • Understand how to write a Diagnostic Assessment (DA), Case Note (CN), and Treatment Plan (TxP)

  • Creating your own templates and workflows to ease the admin burden

• Managing ethical decision-making, especially when two supervisors give two competing "right" answers

• Understanding how to define, build, and evolve your strategies for professional development/trajectory over time

• Develop systems that help you sustain productive, organized, and sustainable practice in your first year(s) of therapy work

• Defining (and communicating) your clinical and professional identities to your desired audiences (other clinicians and clients)

• Plus.... the Art of Small Talk, your "five minute elevator pitch," making the most out of consult calls, and everyone's favorite: writing a professional bio!

• Location: In-Person, 
  • Uplifted Therapy Office: 12940 Harriet Ave South, Suite 215, Burnsville, MN55337
• Time: 9:30-4:30p on Saturday, September 13th
• Cost: Between $100-200 (+ processing fees)

About your facilitators:

Heather Heide is an LMFT in MN + WI, AAMFT, BBHT, and BMFT Approved Supervisor, Course Instructor at St. Mary's University, Licensed and owner of Uplifted Therapy in the Twin Cities. Heather's had advanced training in overcoming enmeshment, EMDR, sexual assessments, and is a Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist (CSAT). Heather is passionate about helping newer clinicians learn the subtleties and nuances that so many programs and supervisors fail to teach or normalize in our everyday practice, especially related to managing discomfort. 

Tessa “Tess” Gittleman is a LMFT in MN + FL, AAMFT, BBHT, and BMFT Approved Supervisor, Course Instructor at St. Mary’s University, and is Treasurer of the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (MAMFT). As a clinician, she specializes in Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Twice Exceptional folx, and Intercultural Relationships. Tess is also passionate about helping pre-licensed clinicians, especially those with neurodivergence and chronic illness, identify strategies for sustainable practice. She works at her self-named practice in Golden Valley, MN, and provides Supervision at Edges Wellness in South Minneapolis.