Compassion fatigue describes the stress experienced by those who work with people with trauma. It’s more common in helping professions, such as counseling, nursing, teaching, clergy, and social work. Details of the trauma often surround professionals who assist people dealing with the consequences of trauma. Hearing stories about people’s darkest, most horrendous moments can take a toll on professionals. Hearing these stories can cause mental distress, which can trickle into physical problems.
Available Treatment Options
Therapist interventions for compassion fatigue include working on setting boundaries, ensuring there is the proper time for self-care, and disrupting negative thought patterns with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based stress reduction tactics, and group therapy.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Compassion Fatigue
I strive to use a method that will work best for you and your situation. I believe that developing mutual trust is an important element in the success of your work together. I believe that people do not exist in isolation, and our feelings and behavior are strongly influenced by our interactions with others and our environment.
Creative Mind Psychotherapy is a small private practice offering telehealth services for individuals and couples in Colorado, Maryland, and Virginia.
We practice the Art and Science of Therapy by applying evidence-based practices in creative ways to tailor treatment to each unique client.
Clinicians: Are you in need of supervision to get your license? Could you use another clinician to consult with about particularly challenging cases? Educators: Are you working in a setting you deem toxic and having an adverse impact on your mental and physical health? Do your work days feel like nothing you planned was accomplished due to the various crises of the day? Do you find yourself...
Specifically, Lauren has experience working with emotional and behavioral problems, adoption and foster care issues, learning disabilities, anger issues, communication/family relational problems, and parenting concerns. Lauren also has experience working with mood disorders (such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder), grief/loss, emerging adults and phase of life issues related to the...
When you are overcome by anxiety, it feels like you can’t get comfortable in your own skin. You feel unsettled, sped up and tense. Life feels like too much. You might constantly worry. If you are a new mom or parent, you worry that your doubts are affecting your child. Are you are doing the right thing? Why are things so hard? You might be hard on yourself or your own worst enemy at times. You...
( English | español ) Our early life experiences are intimately intertwined with our present selves. Together, we will explore the deeper roots of the issues you are facing. My warm, active style will support you in learning more about your own patterns, and embolden you to make changes in yourself, and in your relationships. Over my many years as a clinician and clinical supervisor, I’ve learn...
My passion lies in helping people build, mend, and nurture relationships with their loved ones, to live vibrant and fulfilling lives, and to feel in harmony with themselves and the world. I work with couples to build greater connection and to improve communication. I help remove obstacles on your path towards healing and growth and to overcome posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression. I am a...
***Accepting new Clients*** I urge all my clients to examine your life objectively and thoroughly. I am direct and I will challenge you to try new things to find the best path to healing for you. I may give you handouts, worksheets or educational information. We will look at your life history, your strengths, areas of needed growth, core beliefs, thoughts and behaviors to assess areas for self...
Dr. Simmons, also known as a Dr. Sh'nai, has a reputation as an outstanding clinician, trainer and administrator. Dr. Simmons has excelled as an innovative trouble-shooter with an ability to process complex situations promptly. She has a knack for empowering mental health professionals by motivating and equipping them to deliver services to very challenging populations with empathy. Clinically,...
I want to be a leader in helping top professionals such as IT workers, clergy, up and coming millennials, and ambitious youth achieve their potential, escape isolation and be healed. My goal is to provide support based on first hand experience, but with discretion. My approach to therapy is to understand the core beliefs that lead to distress. Using concepts of CBT, DBT and eclectic therapy, I...
I offer experience, compassion and respect to all clients. I have over 30 years experience as a psychotherapist specializing in hypnosis, the treatment of addiction and trauma and managing loss and change. I am a Reiki Master and am trained in other mind/body/energy treatment modalities. I am experienced in existential/phenomenological philosophy and psychology. I specialize in mind/body work a...
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker passionate about helping clients and their families navigate transitions specific to pregnancy and parenthood. I earned my degree from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver with a clinical focus in family systems and a graduate certificate in interpersonal trauma studies. In 2019, I earned my certificate as a Perinatal Mental Healt...
*Openings at 60 & 90 min. sessions.* You deserve support, not suffering. I'm here for you with compassion, solidarity and hope. I support individuals, couples, and families navigating through life's traumas, transitions, stress, loss, conflict, and pain. You may be feeling overwhelmed and unsettled, recovering from a particular experience, working on connection in a relationship, or looking for...
I believe that therapy can be whatever you need it to be. Maybe you'd like to make a change related to your career, drug or alcohol use, or social life. Or, you may be struggling with low self-worth, lack of direction, difficulty in relationships, or painful feelings about the past. Perhaps you need help coping with anxiety, panic, depression, or other mental health issues. Whatever your goals,...
Have you experienced trauma? Are you tired of therapists not getting your identity? Do you feel like you encounter more barriers and microaggressions than support when seeking healing for trauma? This is unacceptable. Stop shrinking to make therapist more comfortable. The classic diagnosis for trauma is PTSD, but there are other diagnosis and the effects of trauma can be broad. You cannot heal...
