A client’s resistance can be maddening… and burnout inducing. Therapists find themselves in a unique field. We endure the challenge of experiencing a client’s problem, work to find their resolution/healing/change, and apply a solution to which many clients are resistant to applying. Often times, when…
Burnout can really ruin your day, if you believe it’s not under your control. Therapists experience burnout in unique ways that are often vastly different from most career fields. We are “all about emotions” as a profession, in general. To make things worse, many…
A therapist falsely assumes that it is their privilege to sit in the passenger seat while their client drives. It is this false assumption that leaves therapists feeling like they slammed into the same walls as their client after a session. Burnout is a thing…
*Trigger Warning: Suicide loss. If you are currently struggling with suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Grief by nature, is a tricky beast. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are what we call the typical stages of grief in psychology.…
Now lets get to the more commonly thrown around(and more misunderstood disorders) by Patrick Mishler, AMFT, APCC
