Supporting Those Who Care For Others

Healthcare providers (nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, occupational/physical therapists and other medical professionals) dedicate their lives to caring for others. This demanding role often comes with high levels of stress, emotional fatigue and burnout. My hope is to provide you a space to start to process the emotions you may have been avoiding/overwhelmed by, create strategies for functioning within a system that is not person-centered, and to continue to provide the best care possible for your patients and their families while maintaining your own well-being.

Healthcare providers face a range of unique challenges that can impact their mental and emotional health:

• High Stress Environments: Constant exposure to critical and high-pressure situations can impact how our body functions.

• Emotional Fatigue: Managing patient suffering, loss and difficult medical decisions.

• Burnout: Long hours and the emotional toll of the above can lead to physical and mental exhaustion.

• Work/Life “Balance”: Feeling exhausted when you get home and unable to engage with family/friends when you’re not working?

• Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue: Experiencing trauma through the intense and often distressing experiences of your patients, which can lead to a the inability to hold compassion for those who aren’t experiencing something “as intense” as what you have seen.

My therapy services are tailored to address the specific needs of healthcare providers, offering support through our individual therapy sessions. The focus of our sessions can be on building tools to cope while working within an institution that is not built for sustainability, navigate values-based work to figure out what is most important to you, and discuss what initially drove you to pursue a career in healthcare and how you make meaning from your work.