A podcast about the work behind the work
Talking with therapists about their careers and lives, beyond the clinical hour.
A podcast about what it takes to build a life in this work. Not the modalities, not the theory, the career. The sustainability of it. The business of it.
First episodes November 10, 2026
About the show
Nobody really talks about that part
Every session ends the same way. The client leaves, the door closes, and the therapist is left with everything that just happened, the weight of it, the uncertainty, the occasional brilliance, the grinding ordinariness of doing one of the strangest jobs that exists.
After The Hour goes deep with therapists at every stage of the road, from the ones who've been doing this for decades and learned to trust the ebb and flow, to the ones still figuring out how to survive the first few years.
They're multi-dimensional people with unusual paths, strong opinions, and things they've never gotten to say out loud in a professional setting. That changes here.
What we talk about
The real side of the work.
The career, not the theory
The sustainability of this work, the business of it, the long game, and what it actually takes to stay in the room for the long haul.
The hidden side of the profession
The weird reality of being someone's most trusted confidant for fifty minutes and then going to pick up your dry cleaning.
Voices from every stage
Therapists decades in and therapists in their first few years, honest about what they've learned, what surprised them, and what they'd never said out loud before.
You're not alone in this
For the therapist who's wondered if the struggle is normal, if the career is sustainable, if anyone else finds this job as strange and worthwhile as they do.
with Brie Hawk
Hi, I'm Brie.
Brie Hawk is a therapist and the COO of Collective Counseling Solutions, a national network connecting clients with insurance-accepting therapists.
She's spent years on both sides of the work, in the room with clients, and behind the scenes keeping practices running. She knows what it costs to show up fully for someone else, session after session.
On After The Hour, Brie opens up the conversations therapists have with each other in private, about the career, the sustainability of it, and the very human experience of doing this work for the long haul.
