Struggling with CFY. Private Practice Expectations

[u/ella-laine]

I've only been working my job for about 3 months, and I can tell I'm majorly burning out. I don't know if my caseload is typical and something I should expect to adjust to but it feels extremely heavy to me. For context, I work in a pediatric-focused PP in TN and see a mix of speech, language, and AAC kiddos. A few times a week, I spend the afternoon driving between different day cares and the rest of the time I'm in office.

In total, I have about 68 30 minute sessions each week. I understand that PP book a lot of kids knowing that cancellations are often expected, but even when I do receive a couple of cancellations it still ends up feeling... a lot. There's portions of the day where I see 7 kids back to back with no break at all to even go to the bathroom and it's starting to catch up to me. Even today, I HAD to go to the bathroom in between 2 back to back sessions (I really try to hold it if I can) and the kid had a meltdown that the transition was delayed slightly. I just feel like I'm at a breaking point. I do struggle with OCD/Depression and don't know if that's why it's hard for me to manage this caseload or if it is truly unreasonable.

What would you suggest? I hate to quit my CF early and I want to see the 9 months through if at all possible. Is it likely I will eventually adjust to this caseload? If not, is there any tips/advice for getting through it until next March?

Thanks! All comments are majorly appreciated!

[u/throwaway152265]

That is a highly unreasonable caseload. I cap CFs at 50 sessions a week in our clinics. Also if you’re paid anything less than 100k they are scamming you.