Caitlin Billings, author of the memoir In Our Blood, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a thriving practice in the San Francisco bay area.
After her seventh involuntary psychiatric hold in hospital, Caitlin questioned if she could ever work professionally again.
At that turning point in her life, Caitlin decided to work for herself and started working from home and seeing her clients virtually during the pandemic.
Cailin shares how she balances her need for self-care for her Bipolar and PTSD and taking care of her clients and ensuring their needs always comes first in her practice.
Caitlin also shares how her own experiences with trauma helps her in her practice with her clients.
Caitlin’s memoir, In Our Blood earned the 2021 Literary Titan Book Awards Gold Winner, 2021 Firebird Book Awards First Place Winner in LGBTQ Nonfiction, 2021 Firebird Book Awards Second Place Winner in Parenting and Family, 2021 Firebird Book Awards Second Place Winner in Psychiatry/Psychology and 2021 Indies Today Awards Finalist
In our Blood, a memoir is her own story of “coming of age as a young woman” and her battles with Bipolar and PTSD along with her oldest child’s journey of mental illness.
You can purchase Caitlin’s book, In Our Blood, from Amazon by clicking here or by visiting https://www.amazon.com/Our-Blood-Memoir-Caitlin-Billings-ebook/dp/B09CCSTRH2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JEOWCZ30QWKL&keywords=in+our+blood&qid=1664377621&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjQ5IiwicXNhIjoiMS41MyIsInFzcCI6IjEuNTYifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=in+our+blood%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1
You can connect with Cailin by visiting her website at caitlinbillings.com/