Part 6 – A Letter to Therapists: Burnout and the Hands-on Approach to your Salvation “Your imposter syndrome will follow you until you learn how to not dance with it.” Several years back I was doing a “Rapid Resolution Therapy” training with the founder, John…
Overworked and underpaid has nothing to do with burnout. When we realize burnout is between our ears, then we can stop trying to control what’s happening outside ourselves. I remember my mother coming home and talking about her “end of month” reports she had…
Our imaginations are often the pathway in and out of torment. The mental playground is what I call our imaginations in a therapy session. Learning that our mental playgrounds obey our rules is something many people have never considered. We have imagery come into…
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…