Fired from job today
A little background: I had moved to a new city 9 hours away from home to start my career and landed my first job at a private practice right after grad school in February, so not only have I been navigating a new job right out of grad school, but aIso a new location and everything that comes with that (apartment hunting, moving, etc. all by myself). I am an LSW and have been seeing children/adolescents at this practice since the beginning of March. This job required me to see 20 clients per week (although technically have 24 scheduled per week to account for cancellations). I was given about 15 clients before I even started the job since our intake coordinator takes care of this for clinicians, and have been doing my best to hit the required numbers and have even expressed my interest in working with clients that may not fall within the population I am currently working with. Unfortunately, hitting those numbers has been difficult due to the kids' schedules with extracurriculars, events, and the end of school so I have had quite a few cancel and/or want to take a break from therapy.
At my 60-day review, I met with my supervisor and HR coordinator to discuss my progress, and the feedback I had received was very positive. I was also given some things I could do to support my growth, which I was actively working on. I was always receptive to feedback from my supervisor and took initiative to grow and learn because I wanted to be able to provide the most effective care for my clients.
Today, I was informed that they were letting me go due to my client retention and some parents' feedback regarding me seeming anxious??? I am so frustrated because I felt like I was blindsided and this came out of nowhere. I just wish I would have been given more of a notice, as I thought I had been doing well. They were always telling me how amazing I was doing and that they appreciated my desire to continue learning and growing as a therapist.
I am feeling very discouraged about my therapist abilities at the moment, so any words of encouragement or advice is greatly appreciated!