Episode #207: Mental Health For Nomads, Love Languages, and Becoming a Fully-Remote Psychotherapist with Dr. Aprile Andelle

Episode Summary

Dr. Aprile Andelle shares her approach to therapy, how she works with her clients, and reflects on the mental health workshop she conducted for digital nomads in Cape Town on the Remote Year program.  Next, she analyzes Matt’s test results and explains his love languages, his attachment style, and his enneagram personality type.  Aprile then explains how she built a fully-remote psychotherapy practice and why she chose to travel the world and run her business as a nomad.  She also talks about the connection and joy she finds in dancing salsa all over the world.  Aprile then reflects on what travel means to her.  In the lightning round she drops her top 5 Jamaican musical artists, her top 5 Afrobeat artists, and her top 5 hip hop MCs of all time.  Aprile also talks about her podcast “Do I Need Therapy” and explains how to work with her.  FULL SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE AT:  www.TheMaverickShow.com

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Dr. Aprile Andelle

Dr. Aprile Andelle is a licensed psychotherapist who has built her practice with a fully location-independent infrastructure. For the past 10 years, she has worked with clients around the world to breakthrough depression, tackle anxiety, rise above trauma, nurture their most important relationships, and she is doing it all remotely as she travels the world. Aprile is also the host of the podcast ‘Do I Need Therapy?’, where she talks ‘openly, loudly, and proudly’ about mental health, love and life, the process of therapy, and the strength found in asking for help. She is especially passionate about serving women of color and empowering them to develop the skills required for *long-lasting* positive mental health.  She provides virtual therapy for clients in traditional as well as entrepreneurial, expat, remote work, and digital nomad lifestyles. Born in the US to Caribbean parents, she was raised between California, Florida and Jamaica, and she is now traveling the world full time and living the digital nomad life with no base.

What You'll Learn
  • Top Mental Health Tips for Digital Nomads
  • How Aprile Built a Location Independent Psychotherapy Practice
  • The Importance of Love Languages, Attachment Styles and Personality Types
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[1:39] Aprile’s Approach to Therapy and Working with Her Clients

[4:15] Integrating Personality Assessments into Therapy

[8:31] Aprile Analyzes Matt’s Love Languages

[16:24] Aprile Analyzes Matt’s Attachment Style

[22:15] Aprile Analyzes Matt’s Enneagram Personality Type

[28:50] Mental Health Priorities for Digital Nomads

[31:50] Building a Fully-Remote Psychotherapy Practice

[36:04] Becoming a Full Time Digital Nomad and Dancing Salsa Around the World

[40:13] What Travel Means to Aprile

[41:21] The Lightning Round

[50:00] How to Listen to Aprile’s Podcast “Do I Need Therapy”

[52:00] How to Connect, Follow and Work with Aprile