How are you deciding what actually counts as your “specialty”?

So a supervisor unintentionally called me out a while back and I've been thinking about it ever since.

We were looking at my bio and she basically asked, "Do you actually do all of this?"

At the time I had trauma, ADHD, SUD, CBT, DBT, EMDR, couples, family work, anxiety, depression.. the whole kitchen sink listed. Reading it back now is kind of embarrassing.

I wasn't trying to lie. I think I was scared of looking too narrow. Every training I took, every population I'd worked with a few times, somehow ended up becoming part of my identity.

Then I looked at what my weeks actually looked like.

Most of my caseload was adults dealing with trauma, anxiety, housing issues, benefits, medical systems, court stuff, all the messy life circumstances that come with it. Meanwhile there were things in my bio that I barely touched.

Around that time I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I was actually good at versus what I thought I should be good at. I ended up going through old supervision notes and doing a career assessment called coached. Helped me notice a pattern I'd been ignoring. The work that energized me was surprisingly consistent. The work that drained me was too.

Once I admitted that, I started being more honest about my lane.

Now when people ask what I do, I don't feel the need to list 15 specialties. I mostly work with adults dealing with trauma and anxiety, especially when they're trying to navigate complicated systems. That's the work I spend most of my time doing.

Funny enough, I feel way less insecure now than I did when I was trying to sound like I could treat literally everyone.

Anyone else gone through this where your actual niche ended up being way smaller than what you were advertising yourself as?