Therapy for Healthcare Professionals
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden:
It is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’”
– C.S. Lewis
You leave work, but your mind won’t stop.
“Did I make the right call with that difficult patient?” “Mr. Jones isn’t responding to his chemo. I must have ‘the talk’ with his daughter tomorrow.” “I can still picture what happened in that room every time I close my eyes.”
You know you should shift gears, but how do you do that? You’ve gotten so good at it that, most days, it’s hard to know even what you want for dinner. It’s hard to connect with your desires.
“Did I make the right choices in life?” You begin to wonder sometimes.
You love your career and want to love the rest of your life, but emotional exhaustion and compassion fatigue are real. And then there are those cases you can’t get out of your mind.
It’s time to create healthier boundaries between work and everything else.
I’m here to help.
In our first meeting, you will learn to think in new ways about your experience. We’ll explore strategies to cope with burnout and balance the personal life you keep missing. Learn skills to negotiate relationship conflicts at work and home.
We’ll deal with the personal consequences of your hard decisions and negotiate the frustration and stress of the modern layered bureaucracy of the medical establishment. We will work through your reliance on substances and help you find other coping methods.
As you resolve internal conflicts, we will explore the parts of yourself long ignored. It will be hard to believe those needs have been there and even harder to realize you can meet them.
You are the resource that you use to heal others.
Rediscover the values that brought you here.
You have devoted your whole self to bringing value to your patients. Sometimes it helps to remember why. It’s not always easy, but I’ll be by your side, guiding you as I have countless others.
Therapy is the way for you to increase your awareness and acceptance of yourself. That connection will become your measure of success and give you the inner peace you’ve sought.
Self-care practice will help you perform better on your most challenging days and help you thrive in the work you have invested so much in doing.
I can’t wait to meet you and talk more. Call me today for your free 15-minute consultation: (509) 220-1564.