Everyone seems to want more work while providing less support and affirmation for professional caregivers. 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.

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, decision to go no-contact, or any type of separation. Whatever the nature of your loss, 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.” It can feel like grief will last forever - that you’ll never feel better again. But there is no need to be alone on this 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 serious illness, a child with special needs, or your own diagnosis of an 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. We can work together to build your insight and a better toolbox for taking care of you, too.

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.