Therapy for Therapists

I am all about self-care.

Being in therapy isn’t always about coming to grips with our past. Sometimes, it’s about staying on top of our present and planning for our best viable future.

There are so many things you do every day to practice “good self-care.”

Every therapist knows that sometimes people just need to be heard and long to feel validated. That goes for therapists, too!

Therapy can make you a better therapist.

Sitting across from someone and talking about all your hopes, fears, thoughts, feelings, and experiences is big stuff.

When we experience our own therapy, it can expand our vision and allow us insights that we won’t get sitting in our “therapist” chair.

Participating in our own therapy makes us better therapists and enlarges our capacity to understand what we ask of our clients.

How does therapy help me?

For starters, when you do your own emotional heavy lifting and really get to know yourself, boundaries are more easily defined. You have a clear understanding of where your stuff starts and stops.

No one starts out thinking, “I think I’ll engage in countertransference.” It’s a process that starts small and grows out of neglect for self. It’s something easily corrected by allowing yourself the compassion and grace to be human that you offer to every one of your clients.

On top of that, the empathy that we can develop when we have done our work – our ability to see other people in their suffering and know what it is like to suffer inside as you work – is invaluable.

It’s so important.

Now more than ever, we understand the depth and breadth of vicarious trauma and how it impacts providers.

Burnout isn’t a myth; it’s the reality of self-neglect.

Therapy is a spa day for your soul.

Come and see for yourself how much the service you give to everyone else can also benefit you.