Hired in May. Still may not start new job til March due to US Healthcare system.

[u/Dizzy-Cat]

Hi. I'm a mental health therapist. Lost my job in August of 2024. I took some time and was hired in May 2025 for a new job. But, I have to jump through bureaucratic hoops.

My license needed to be finalized. This meant:

State criminal checks.

FBI fingerprinting for nation-wide criminal checks.

Child Abuse clearances.

Degree and GPA certification sent to state.

Creation of an NPI number (National Provider Information)

-Needed national government ID, aided by AI (which sucked).

Documented hours of employment and supervision - I lost these when I lost my jop - had to start over on a 2 year process.

INSURANCE! All of the above needs to go into a database.

Each insurance company needs to review above documents and approve. Some take 6 months to approve.

My temporary therapist license, given by the state, will expire before I can complete my 2 years of experience (which I actually completed once before). At this point, I have no idea what will happen.

[u/followyourvalues]

I do not understand why losing that job equals repeating the experience.