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 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...
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Currently not accepting new clients. I have always respected the power of stories. The real stories about our lives. We share our experiences, hear about our ancestors, and define who we are in this world through stories. Everyone’s story is important. Everyone has the right to author their own story and live their authentic life. In session we will focus on using your strengths and values to...
Would you like to feel better and have more energy and resilience? The anxiety, fatigue, and feelings of overwhelm are not trivial. It can affect everything in our lives - self-worth, relationships, career, physical and mental health and more. "Stuff" happens and it can keep us stuck. Through Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) we can clear issues in a fast and fun way rather than older, slower, mor...
Your old habits have always worked for you until now. You need to find a new way of being, which is where I come in. I work with those who struggle with depression, anxiety, relationship problems, and not taking care of oneself first. I work well with caregivers and other helpers who experience compassion fatigue, along with those who find themselves giving more than they receive in their...
I collaborate with you to determine your goals for treatment. Your desires for the focus of our sessions may include removing blocks to personal growth, improving relationships with yourself and others, undoing past conditioning- especially related to trauma or adverse experiences, transforming shame, or increasing your understanding of mental illness, whether it's yours or someone you love. I...
Welcome. Seeking help for yourself is never easy. You've taken a big step, so, let's keep your momentum going. Do you ever feel guilty or shameful about things that have happened to you? Do you feel shameful about who you are or fear that you are not lovable or worthwhile? Do you struggle with intimacy in relationships or can your relationships be chaotic? It can seem as if this will never chan...
Many times in life we are able to overcome difficult situations by learning about ourselves and how we can approach future struggles differently. However, when we exhaust our coping skills or past events and memories become too overwhelming, we need help. I am equipped to work with clients in their specific issues either temporary or chronic ones. My general approach is by addressing client's...
Therapy is a place for individuals, couples, and families to pause from frantic schedules, take a breath, and get a bearing on the state of their relationships. I work cooperatively with clients to set the direction of their session. My goal is to create a safe place where clients have the courage to look beyond the shadows of denial and recognize what may need attention. I do this by listening...
Taking the first step to a healthier you does not have to be accomplished alone. I can assist you in your goals and motivation towards a better quality of life. I specialize in energy work, anger management for youth (Ages 12+), LGBTQI issues, parenting, and children/teen/adult anxiety and stress management. I provide individual counseling and couples counseling. Unfortunately, I do NOT accept...
