Recent data suggest that at least a third of all workers in the United States feel burned out at work much of the time. More than half of all healthcare workers now report feeling burned out. In this environment, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers along with teachers, clergy, mental health professionals, and a host of others are left feeling tired, stressed, and alone. You’ve worked really hard to get where you are professionally, but maybe you’re so frustrated with leadership, systems, or patients that you’re ready to quit.

I’ve worked with many helping professionals like you, and I understand how hard it is to reach out, as well as the high value of confidentiality for someone in your field. I know your needs are unique, and I know the culture of your profession can feel like a barrier. Don’t let that stand in your way. Therapy will help clarify your challenges, re-connect with the meaning in your work, and give you tools to combat stress and burnout.

In my experience, many of those who come to therapy ready to leave their jobs are able to find tools to manage work more effectively, enabling them to stay in their workplace, or at least in their field. If you’re thinking about leaving your job, it can be helpful to think through this decision-making together. Or you might want to process the transition you’ve made in leaving previous work. Either way, we will work together to help you build tools and insight.

Loss comes in many forms, from a difficult life transition or diagnosis of a serious illness to the loss of a loved one - through death, divorce, estrangement, or any type of separation. Whatever the nature of your transition or grief, it can be helpful to process what you’re feeling and to navigate your “new normal” with extra support and knowledge.

In grief work we often use the adage, “the only way out is through.” But there is no need to be alone on the road. We’ll work together to help you process your loss and begin to find what lies ahead.

Maybe you’re coping with aging parents, a partner with a chronic illness, a child with special needs, or your own diagnosis of a serious illness. Talking with doctors can be like trying to learn a different language. It’s all exhausting, and you feel like your whole world is falling apart. Maybe you’d like support with keeping your own “center” while effectively supporting a loved one. We can work together to build your insight and a better toolbox for taking care of you, too.

I want to hear your story, even the sad, scary parts. Therapy will help you talk through your struggles, remember your strengths, and find strategies to cope with transitions, changes in functioning, and loss. Want help talking with your family or healthcare team about planning for the future? Let’s explore that option together.

For social workers in healthcare fields ready to seek clinical licensure, I offer supervision either in-person or online. This means if you live anywhere in Pennsylvania, we can make a supervision plan that works for you. Contact me to see if we’re a good fit.

We’ll work together to ensure you have the support you need to face the challenge of achieving clinical licensure. Review tough cases, reflect on your own relationship with your work, and practice connecting theory with intervention. This is an important step in your career, and together we can craft a supervision plan that best meets your needs.

If you’re a licensed therapist or other licensed professional seeking consultation on working with caregivers, other helping professionals experiencing stress and burnout, those coping with grief and loss, or ethical dilemmas in practice, I would be happy to talk with you about an individual case or to establish an ongoing relationship for consultation.