Meet Chelsea Twiss

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Chelsea Twiss. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Chelsea below.

Hi Chelsea , thank you for joining us today and sharing your experiences and acquired wisdom with us. Burnout is a huge topic these days and so we’d love to kick things off by discussing your thoughts on overcoming or avoiding burnout

I avoid burnout by being very intentional about how much of my life force (time and energy) to work. In my line of work this looks like being intentional about which insurance companies I work with – only working with those who will reimburse me fairly for my skills and experience, what kind of clients I take on in my practice – people who will respect my role, time boundaries and humanness, and very much limit the amount of time I spend on tasks associated with work for which I am not receiving payment. People in healthcare are often expected to put in large amounts of time and energy into uncompensated tasks. I am one of the people in this field who challenges and hopes to change those expectations because they are not sustainable or fair to maintain. I am a better provider to my clients when I am not burned out and feeling over-extended, so even when it’s hard to sell myself on saying no to things for “selfish” reasons, I think about my clients and the kind of attention and presence I will be able to provide them with as a result of saying no to things that are not reasonable.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I am a licensed psychologist in Colorado and am PSYPACT endorsed, which means I can provide services to people outside of Colorado if they live in a PSYPACT participating state. I have a practice which provides individual therapy and ADHD assessment to adults. I am also a performing artist, writing and performing my own music as well as collaborating with other musicians on their projects. I feel excited about the opportunity to give back to my community with the work I do both as a psychologist and as an artist. People can find out more about my psychology practice at drchelseatwisscounseling.com.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Firstly, my adherence to my own underlying values has been a path to guide me through career-based decisions that have, at times, been challenging. Secondly, drawing from a well of persistence and perseverance was the only way I was able to get through the hurdles of a doctoral program as well as navigate professional challenges that come with the line of work I’m in. Getting a higher level education has much less to do with skill or intelligence than these former qualities, in my opinion. Thirdly, my interest in continued growth and ability to recognize my own limitations without feeling ashamed of them has been essential.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?

When I was a teenager I used to really like reading Tom Robbins surrealist fiction. Although some of his work is viewed as misogynistic, what I took from it at the time was a perspective on the world that was both zany and poignant. I really liked the unseen things that Robbins hinted at in his fiction that struck a chord in me as the child of a conservative Christian parent and emotionally distant parent that made me feel like the things I was thinking and wondering about weren’t that strange after all. My brother recommended him to me as an author and I really looked up to my brother so I was sold on his work pretty easily.

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