Podcast

Shrink Think

A podcast for therapists and counselors who think seriously about how they practice, what they're building, and what it actually means to sustain it.

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About the show

For clinicians who want to
think more clearly.

The Shrink Think Podcast started as a way to have the conversations I wasn't hearing elsewhere in the therapy space — honest, practical conversations about what it's actually like to be a clinician and a business owner at the same time.

Practice & Business

The unglamorous realities of running a therapy practice — billing, hiring, systems, and what nobody told you in grad school.

Clinical Thinking

How clinicians actually make decisions, what good clinical reasoning looks like, and where the field is moving.

Therapist Sustainability

Burnout, caseload management, compensation, and what it takes to stay in this work long-term without losing yourself in it.

Hosts

The people behind the show.

Aaron Potratz, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor, group practice owner, and operational systems consultant based in Portland, Oregon. Aaron runs multiple therapy practices in the Portland metro area and brings both the clinical and the operational lens to the show.

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Nathan Hawkins, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor and co-owner of Life Discovery Counseling Services, with offices in Beaverton and Clackamas, Oregon. Nathan brings a clinician-first perspective to the conversation — and a healthy skepticism for operational complexity that doesn't actually serve the work.

The Shrink Think Podcast

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